Thompson v. Guthrie

284 S.W.3d 455 (2008)

Dennis THOMPSON, Petitioner,

v.

Judge David GUTHRIE, Respondent.

No. 07-1018.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 15, 2008.

Wm. C. Plouffe, Jr., El Dorado, AR, for petitioner.

Dustin McDaniel, Att'y Gen., by: Carolyn Boies Nitta, Ass't Att'y Gen., for respondent.

PAUL E. DANIELSON, Justice.

Petitioner Dennis Thompson petitions this court for a writ of mandamus or a writ of prohibition directed to respondent Judge David Guthrie.[1] In it, Thompson asks this court to compel the circuit court to "either record chambers conferences and bench conferences or not hold any unrecorded chambers…