Andre Rahim v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT No. 08-248 Opinion Delivered June 5, 2008 APPELLEE’S MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL [CIRCUIT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, CV 2007-1123, HON. ROBERT H. WYATT, JR., JUDGE] ANDRE RAHIM Appellant v. LARRY NORRIS, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION Appellee MOTION GRANTED; APPEAL DISMISSED. PER CURIAM In 2001, appellant Andre Rahim, who is also known as Andre Hunter, was sentenced to an aggregate term of thirty years’ imprisonment after revocation of suspended sentences in two criminal matters. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Hunter v. State, CACR 02-9 (Ark. App. Oct. 9, 2002). In 2007, appellant, who was incarcerated in Jefferson County, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court in that county. The circuit court dismissed the petition without a hearing, and appellant has lodged a pro se appeal here from the order of dismissal. Appellant was advised that his brief-in-chief was due here April 7, 2008. He has not filed a brief nor has he sought leave to file a belated brief. The appellee now asks that the appeal be dismissed for appellant’s failure to pursue the appeal. The motion is granted pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-5. Motion granted; appeal dismissed.

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