Oliver v. Hobbs

Lin 2013, petitioner Benjamin Oliver filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court in Lee County where he is incarcerated. 1 The circuit court denied the petition. No appeal was taken, and petitioner now seeks leave to proceed with a belated appeal.

Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure-Civil 4(a) (2013) requires that a notice of appeal be filed within thirty days of the date an order is entered. Petitioner contends that he did not file a timely notice of appeal because he was not promptly notified by the circuit clerk that the order had been entered.

A petitioner has…