Jeremy Cook and Ronnie Hedge v. the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Arkansas…

Summary

The court vacated the court of appeals’ order but denied the motion for a writ of certiorari and dismissed the appeal because the appellants failed to timely file the complete record or obtain a circuit-court extension. The court held that an unavailable transcript makes an extension necessary under the plain language of the appellate rule, and that the appellants’ certiorari motion did not show that they were unable to obtain such an extension. The court also rejected the argument that dismissal was unjust because the missing transcript was short and had been designated as part of the record.