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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CV-11-1063
Opinion Delivered September 26, 2013
RANDY OWEN
APPELLANT PRO SE APPEAL FROM THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY CIRCUIT
V. COURT, 35CV-11-465, HON. JODI
RAINES DENNIS, JUDGE
RAY HOBBS, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION;
LEROY BROWNLEE, CHAIRMAN OF
ARKANSAS PAROLE BOARD;
STEPHEN WILLIAMS, WARDEN
TUCKER UNIT, ET AL.
APPELLEES
APPEAL DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
While an inmate in the Tucker Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appellant
Randy Owen filed pro se petitions for declaratory judgment and writ of mandamus in the
Jefferson County Circuit Court based on his claim that the Arkansas Parole Board did not follow
its policies and procedures in granting and then rescinding his parole. The circuit court
dismissed appellant’s petitions, and he brings this appeal.
Since appellant filed his brief on appeal, he has provided a change of address indicating
that he has been released from the custody of the Arkansas Department of Correction. Thus,
we take judicial notice that appellant is no longer incarcerated. As a general rule, appellate courts
of this state will not review moot issues, as doing so would be to render an advisory opinion,
which this court will not do. Bank of Am., N.A. v. Brown, 2011 Ark. 446. Generally, an issue
becomes moot when any judgment rendered would have no practical effect upon a then existing
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legal controversy. Lott v. Langley, 2013 Ark. 247; State v. First Serv. Bank of Greenbrier, 2013 Ark.
101. Because appellant is no longer incarcerated, granting the relief requested would have no
practical effect.
Appeal dismissed.
Randy Owen, pro se appellant.
Dustin McDaniel, Att’y Gen., by: Dennis R. Hansen, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.
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