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SMITH v. BROWNLEE

No. 09-1054.

2010 Ark. 266

MELVIN SMITH, JR, Appellant, v. LEROY BROWNLEE, CHAIRMAN, ARKANSAS BOARD OF PAROLE, AND RAY HOBBS, INTERIM DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered May 27, 2010.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Melvin Smith, Jr., who is incarcerated in the Arkansas Department of Correction ("ADC") serving a sentence of life without parole, filed a pro se petition in Jefferson County Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus. Appellant sought to compel the named defendants, in their official capacities as chairman of the board of parole and director of the ADC,1 to schedule a hearing for appellant's release. The circuit court...

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