West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Miscellaneous Motions Conference

Wednesday, October 24,  2007

1. Henry L. Harvey
Joseph T. Harvey
(Counsel for Petitioner)

Timothy D. Boggess
(Pros. Atty.)

Mercer - Sadler

Grant 3-2 (Davis, C. J., Maynard, J.)

 Petitioner in Ronald W. Holcomb v. The Honorable William Sadler, No. 072826, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the circuit court from entering an order that would approve DNA testing of a deceased child's fingernail scrapings.

 

2. Pro se
(Appellees)

Matthew M. Johnson
Larry L. Skeen
(Counsel for Appellant Nitro Energy)

Refuse 5-0

 Appellees in William L. Groves and Harrolyn Groves B. Groves v. Roy G. Hildreth & Son, Inc., No. 33528, seek to compel the appellants to post an appeal bond.
3. W. Scott Evans
Brian J. Moore
Erin R. Stankewicz
(Counsel for Petitioners)

Matthew S. Criswell
(Counsel for Respondent)

Cabell - Cummings

Refuse 5-0

 Petitioner in Cornerstone Health Management Company v. Jesse J. Dick, Jr., No. 072831 and Cornerstone Health Management Company v. Tamela Bragg, No. 072832, seeks writs of prohibition to prohibit the circuit court from enforcing orders denying petitioner a motion to stay civil proceedings and to compel arbitration under arbitration clause in these two cases.
4. LaVerne Sweeny
(Counsel for Petitioner)

Tiffany A. Swiger
(Counsel for Defendant Below)

Refuse 3-2 (Starcher, Maynard)

 Petitioner in Elizabeth A. Sedlock v. Marsh Ann Felton, No. 33524, moves to amend her complaint and to supplement the record.
5. Thomas H. Peyton
(Counsel for Defendant)

Larry Frye
(Asst. Pros. Atty.)

Defer 

 Defendant below in State of West Virginia v. Joshua C. Wears, No. 33529, seeks to supplement the record with newly discovered evidence.
6. D.C. Offutt, Jr.
Stephen S. Burchett
Perry W. Oxley
(Counsel for Appellants)

Robert V. Berthold,
Jr.

David B. Fawcett, III
Bruce E. Stanley
Tarek Abdalla
(Counsel for Appellees)

Boone - Hoke

Defer

 Petitioner in A.T. Massey Coal Company, et al. v. Hugh M. Caperton, No. 33350, seeks to modify the time for which post-judgment interest has accrued due to the delay of the circuit court court reporter in preparing the transcript for an appeal in this granted case.
7. Linda M. Gutsell
(Counsel for Movants)

Peter Chakmakian
Richard G. Gay
Nathan P. Cochran
(Counsel for Appellant)

Jefferson - Steptoe

Refuse 5-0

 Movants Dunleavy and Moore in Far Away Farm, LLC v. Jefferson County Zoning Board of Appeals, No. 33438, are community members and parties to this litigation who opposed the issuance of a conditional use permit.
8. Susana Duarte
Bruce Perrone
(Counsel for Petitioner)

Kanawha - Halloran (Magistrate)

Refuse 3-2 (Starcher, Albright)

 

 Petitioner in Lloyd Daniels v. Timothy C. Halloran, Magistrate of Kanawha County, No. 072987, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the execution of an eviction order entered by the magistrate court.