Arkansas court ends Lincoln County clerk's contempt case
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January 13, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court has admonished Lincoln County's clerk over how her office handled court papers submitted by inmates unable to pay their filing fees.
Cindy Glover had previously pleaded not guilty to a contempt charge. Justices on Thursday said she agreed to accept an admonishment instead.
A special master appointed by the court discovered that the Lincoln County Circuit Court once had a long-standing practice of labeling court filings as "received" when they arrived from inmates without a filing fee, rather than labeling them as "filed." The difference in th...
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