Crawford v. Cashion

I, Appellant Gary Crawford, a prisoner incarcerated in the Arkansas Department of Correction, filed a pro se petition for declaratory judgment and writ of mandamus in the Chicot County Circuit Court. Appellant argued that he was entitled to better living conditions and a better work assignment based on his classification as a Class I-C inmate. The trial court dismissed the petition with prejudice, and appellant has lodged an appeal of that order in this court. Now before us is appellant’s timely filed and properly notarized pro se motion requesting a forty-five day extension in which to file…