ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

PER CURIAM

JOSEPH HILTON

APPELLANT

V.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

APPELLEE

CACR 00-1248

OCTOBER 24, 2001

IN THE MATTER OF CONTEMPT RE MADELINE MCCLURE

On June 6, 2001, we appointed John Lineberger as our master to conduct an evidentiary hearing and make a finding of fact as to whether Madeline McClure should be held in contempt for failure to comply with the writ of certiorari and subsequent order that we issued. Acting as our master, Judge Lineberger has conducted a hearing in this contempt proceeding, which was consolidated with contempt hearings in seven supreme court cases involving Ms. McClure in which Judge Lineberger also served as master for the supreme court. He has caused his report and findings to be filed with our clerk on August 13, 2001.

While we agree with Judge Lineberger's finding that Ms. McClure's failure to comply with our writ was inexcusable, we do not issue an order of contempt in light of the vote of the Board of Certified Court Reporter Examiners to revoke her certification as a certified court reporter, and in view of the order of contempt and fine to which she was sentenced

bythe supreme court in its per curiam opinion delivered October 4, 2001, in Carol Ross v. State of Arkansas, CR 01-177; Mark Singson v. State of Arkansas, CR 01-268; Gil Landers D/B/A Big Daddy's Pawn Shop, Linda Stewart v. Ken Jameson, 01-269; Quinton Lee Handy v. State of Arkansas, CR 00-1445; Deborah Rouse v. State of Arkansas, CR 01-336; Alexander Davison v. State of Arkansas, CR 01-348; and Alexander Davison v. State of Arkansas, CR 01-342. We consider the supreme court's sanctions to satisfactorily address Ms. McClure's conduct in this matter.