Supreme Court of Arkansas

Michael Jenkins v. Wendy Kelley

May 27, 20212021 Ark. 120

Summary

The court dismissed Jenkins’s mandamus/prohibition appeal without prejudice because he filed the petition in the county where he was convicted rather than the county where the relevant correctional officials were located. The court held that the Phillips County Circuit Court could not grant relief on that venue basis. The court also noted, but did not decide, a separate service-of-process defect.