Mahmood Ahmad, M.d., Appellant v. Joseph M. Beck, M.d., Chairman, Arkansas State Medical Board; and Arkansas State…

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Dr. Ahmad's separate declaratory-judgment and injunctive-relief action because he was required to pursue the pending administrative proceedings to their final conclusion before seeking judicial relief. It also upheld denial of his temporary restraining order because the Medical Board had jurisdiction to initiate administrative proceedings against him. Justice Hart concurred in the result on stare decisis grounds but would have reversed based on the plain language of the declaratory-judgment statute.