Richard Alan Davis v. State of Arkansas

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT  No.  07-794 Opinion Delivered  RICHARD ALAN DAVIS Appellant v. STATE OF ARKANSAS Appellee  February 14, 2008  PRO SE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF DISMISSAL OF APPEAL [CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY, CV 2007-41, HON. HARVEY L. YATES, JUDGE] MOTION DENIED.  PER CURIAM  Appellant Richard Alan Davis filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in Lee County Circuit  Court.  The circuit court denied the petition and appellant lodged an appeal of the order in this court.  The State filed a motion to dismiss and we granted the motion on the basis that appellant did not  timely file in this court a compliant brief and had not sought to file a belated brief.  Davis v. State, 07­  794 (Ark. Dec. 6, 2007) (per curiam).  Appellant now brings this motion seeking reconsideration of  our decision to dismiss the appeal.  Appellant argues in his motion that the due date for his brief should have been extended by  three days from the date provided in the letter sent to him from one of our staff attorneys.  He bases  his  argument  upon the  language  in Ark.  R.  Civ.  P.  6(d).  However,  Rule  6  is  not  applicable  in  circumstances where an appellant pursues postconviction relief in this court.  This court has recognized that postconviction relief proceedings are civil in nature and applied  the Rules of Appellate Procedure–Civil when necessary.  Sanders v. State, 352 Ark. 16, 98 S.W.3d 35 (2003).  However, we have never applied the Rules of Civil Procedure to postconviction relief  proceedings.  Id.  Nor will we apply those rules to a postconviction habeas proceeding.  See Baker  v. Norris, 359 Ark. 405, ___ S.W.3d ___ (2007).  In this case, our staff correctly set the applicable  deadline under Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4­7(c)(4).  Appellant was not entitled to an extension under Rule 6.  Motion denied. ­2­ 

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