Jewell v. Arkansas State Bd. of Dental Examiners

Dr. Eldin C. JEWELL v. ARKANSAS STATE BOARD
of MEDICAL EXAMINERS

95-1262                                            ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
                 Opinion delivered May 28, 1996


1.   Appeal & error -- summary of pleadings and judgment appealed
     from are bare essentials of abstract -- seven judges cannot
     examine one transcript. -- A summary of the pleadings and the
     judgment appealed from are the bare essentials of an abstract;
     there is only one transcript, there are seven judges on the
     supreme court, and it is impossible for each of the seven
     judges to examine the one transcript.  

2.   Appeal & error -- pro se appellant held to same requirements
     as attorneys. -- The court holds pro se litigants to the same
     requirements to which attorneys are held.

3.   Appeal & error -- abstract flagrantly deficient -- appeal not
     reached. -- Where appellant's abstract was only two pages in
     length and contained a letter order of the trial court dated
     August 2, 1995, but did not contain a summary of the
     pleadings, a summary of the hearings before either the Dental
     Board or the trial court, the order appealed from, or the
     notice of appeal, appellant's abstract was flagrantly
     deficient; the appeal was affirmed without reaching the
     merits.


     Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Third Division; John Ward,
Judge; affirmed.
     Appellant, pro se.
     William H. Trice, III, for appellee.

     Bradley D. Jesson, Chief Justice.
     May 28, 1996   *ADVREP*SC2*







DR. ELDIN C. JEWELL,
                    APPELLANT,

V.

ARKANSAS STATE BOARD OF DENTAL
EXAMINERS,
                    APPELLEE,





95-1262


APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT, THIRD DIVISION
(94-2962)


HONORABLE JOHN WARD
CIRCUIT JUDGE




AFFIRMED.


                BRADLEY D. JESSON, CHIEF JUSTICE

     The appellant, Dr. Eldin C. Jewell, appeals from a decision of
the Pulaski County Circuit Court affirming the decision of appellee
Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners ("Dental Board"), which
suspended Dr. Jewell's license to practice dentistry for two years. 
     Dr. Jewell raises four points for reversal that we are unable
to address because of his flagrantly deficient abstract. Ark. Sup.
Ct. R. 4-2(a)(6).  The transcript of the proceedings before the
trial court contains 113 pages.  The transcript of the proceedings
before the Dental Board is included as an exhibit to the trial
record and consists of an additional 86 pages.  Dr. Jewell's
abstract, however, is only two pages in length.  His abstract
merely contains a letter order of the trial court dated August 2,
1995.  It does not contain a summary of the pleadings, a summary of
the hearings before either the Dental Board or the trial court, the
order appealed from, or the notice of appeal.   
     We have often held that a summary of the pleadings and the
judgment appealed from are the bare essentials of an abstract. D.
Hawkins, Inc. v. Schumacher, 322 Ark. 437, 909 S.W.2d 640 (1995);
Bohannon v. Arkansas State Bd. of Nursing, 320 Ark. 169, 895 S.W.2d 923 (1995); see also Winters v. Elders, 324 Ark. 246, ___ S.W.2d
___ (1996).  The reason underlying our abstracting rule is basic --
there is only one transcript, there are seven judges on this court,
and it is impossible for each of the seven judges to examine the
one transcript.  Winters v. Elders, supra; Bunn v. State, 320 Ark.
516, 898 S.W.2d 450 (1995); Franklin v. State, 318 Ark. 99, 884 S.W.2d 246 (1994); Dixon v. State, 314 Ark. 378, 863 S.W.2d 282
(1993).  
     Dr. Jewell has filed his own appellate briefs and is
proceeding pro se on appeal.  We hold pro se litigants to the same
requirements to which we hold attorneys. Perry v. State, 287 Ark.
384, 699 S.W.2d 739 (1985); Weston v. State, 265 Ark. 58, 576 S.W.2d 705 (1979).  Because Dr. Jewell's abstract is flagrantly
deficient under our rules, we must affirm his appeal without
reaching the merits.
     Affirmed.
     Dudley, J., not participating.