Massongill v. County of Scott

Doyle MASSONGILL v. COUNTY of SCOTT,
Arkansas; Booster Hawkins, In His Capacity as
Scott County Judge; The Scott County Quorum
Court; and Jimmy Helen Storms, Billy Wayne
Wagner, Tom Garrison, Randy Godfrey, Lloyd
Hattabaugh, Joyce Holleman, Terry McMellon,
Johnny Faye Owens, and Dwayne Wadkins,
Individually and In Their Representative
Capacities as Members of the Scott County
Quorum Court

96-922                                             ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
                Opinion delivered March 10, 1997


Appeal & error -- motion for disqualification or recusal denied. -- The 
     supreme court denied appellant's motion for disqualification
     or recusal of supreme court justices, having found that
     appellant's request for a hearing after denial of the motion
     was inconsistent; the request for a hearing was denied on
     grounds of mootness.


     Motion for Disqualification or Recusal of Supreme Court
Justices; denied.
     Oscar Stilley, for appellant.
     No response.

     Per Curiam. 
     The motion for disqualification or recusal of Supreme Court
justices filed by appellant Doyle Massongill is denied.  Appellant
also requests a hearing  "[i]f the Justices choose not to recuse
without a hearing."  We find appellant's request for a hearing
after denial of the motion to be inconsistent.  The purpose of a
hearing is to consider the merits of a motion before making a
decision.  Therefore, appellant's  request for a hearing  "if the
Justices choose not to recuse" is denied on  grounds of mootness.