Chestang v. Hobbs
Annotate this CaseAppellant Ke'ondra Chestang, an inmate incarcerated in the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) at a facility in Lincoln County, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Lincoln County circuit court. The circuit court denied the petition. Appellant then filed motions seeking an order directing the circuit clerk in Lincoln County to provide him with certain documents and an extension of time in which to file his brief. At that point Appellant had been transferred to an ADC facility located in Jefferson County. The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant's appeal and declared the motions moot, holding that because Appellant was in Jefferson County when he filed the motions, the Lincoln County circuit court could no longer grant the relief requested by Appellant because it did not have jurisdiction.
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