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Betty Charles v. James Shelton Ellis, Trustee of the James Shelton Ellis Trust CUI 9/2/1998.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Arkansas, No. CV-20-316 · judgment June 2, 2021


Certiorari denied · April 4, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

• Betty L. Charles is an heirs’ timberland and farmland owner. When heirs’ property is determined, The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act #107 applies. Why didn’t this Act provide the protection that Betty L. Charles needed to save her TIMBERLAND AND FARMLAND?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Betty L. Charles

For respondent
Paul E. Lindsey
Harrell & Lindsey, P.A.

Case

Subject area
Private Action (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, April 4, 2022 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 04 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 16 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
  3. Mar 01 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent James Shelton Ellis, Trustee of The James Shelton Ellis Trust CUI 9/2/1998 to respond filed.
  4. Dec 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 14, 2022)