Carl Davis, Jr. v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT  No.  07­1139  Opinion Delivered  CARL DAVIS, JR.  Petitioner  v.  LARRY NORRIS, DIRECTOR,  ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF  CORRECTION  Respondent  February 28, 2007  PRO SE MOTIONS FOR  RECONSIDERATION AND FOR  APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL  [CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY,  CV 2006­127, HON. HARVEY L.  YATES, JUDGE]  MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION  DENIED; MOTION FOR  APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL MOOT.  PER CURIAM  Now before us are petitioner’s pro se motions for reconsideration and for appointment of  counsel.  On January 10, 2008, this court denied petitioner’s motion for rule on clerk to lodge the  record on appeal belatedly and to proceed with the appeal from the dismissal of his petition for writ  of habeas corpus.  Davis v. State, 07­1139 (Ark. Jan. 10, 2008) (per curiam).  In denying the motion  for rule on clerk, we held that it was petitioner’s responsibility to timely perfect the appeal and that  he failed to do so.  In the motion for reconsideration, petitioner continues to maintain that it was through the fault  of the circuit  clerk that  the record on appeal was not  timely transmitted to  this  court within the  limitations of Ark. R. App. P.–Civ. 5(a).  The responsibility to perfect an appeal rests solely with a  petitioner, not the circuit clerk, circuit court or any other person.  Sullivan v. State, 301 Ark. 352,  784 S.W.2d 155 (1990) (per curiam).  Petitioner has failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that there was some error of fact or law in the present decision that would merit reconsideration of the  denial of the motion for rule on clerk.  As a result, petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel is  moot and need not be addressed.  Motion for reconsideration denied; motion for appointment of counsel moot. ­2­ 

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