April 4, 2002 Miscellaneous Motions Conference

1.	Michael J. Del Giudice (Petitioner’s counsel) Kimberly P. Hindman (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia v. Thomas E. Griffin, No. 020448, seeks post-conviction bail pending appeal.
2.	John R. Teare, Jr. (Petitioner’s counsel) John M. Hedges (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia ex rel. Dave Tucker v. The Honorable Charles E. King, Jr., No. 020435, files a motion to reconsider his prior petition for writ of prohibition and seeks another writ to block another circuit court order.
3.	Rocco S. Fucillo (Petitioner’s counsel) Scott Smith Jay T. McCamic (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State ex rel. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources v. Dr. Charles William Hewitt, No. 02-022, seeks leave to file a second petition for appeal out-of-time.
4.	Timothy J. LaFon Dianna Leigh Johnson Richard C. Witt (Petitioner’s counsel) Mark A. Sorsaia (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia v. Paula J. Nelson, No. 012428, files a motion for leave to renew her petition for appeal out-of-time.
5.	Mathew A. Victor (Petitioner’s counsel) Brian Abraham (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia v. Jeremy Neace, No. 020516, seeks post-conviction bail following his conviction of second degree murder.
6.	Ancil G. Ramey (Petitioner’s counsel) William M. Pepper William M. Powell (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in Randle L. Miller v. Laurel Coal Corp., No. 30254, files for a motion to strike certificate of counsel and dismiss the appeal.
7.	Jennifer R. Victor (Petitioner’s counsel) Brian Lanham William C. Martin (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia v. Thomas E. Rush, No. 020550, seeks post-conviction bail.
8.	A. Courtenay Craig (Petitioner’s counsel) Daynus Jividen (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in Kevin Ray Gardner v. West Virginia Parole Board, No. 020296, seeks a writ of habeas corpus following revocation of his parole.
9.	H. Beth Sears (Petitioner’s counsel) Loren B. Howley (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in Michael L. Allen v. Shelia D. Allen, No. 02-017, moves to dismiss the petition for appeal in this divorce proceeding.
10.	Scott A. Damron (Petitioner’s counsel) John F. Cyrus (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in Marine Office of America Corporation v. The Honorable Darrell Pratt, No. 020365, seeks a writ of prohibition holding it to be jointly and severely liable for the entire settlement amount of a personal injury settlement.
11.	Charles R. McElwee David L. Yaussy (Petitioner’s counsel) Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. Silas B. Taylor (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Ed Hamric, No. 020376, seeks a writ of mandamus declaring that W.Va. Code § 20-2-5 prohibits hunting on private land on Sunday unless the voters in a county local election vote to allow hunting on that day or, in the alternative, declare Enrolled House Bill 2146 invalid.
12.	R. Carter Elkins Laura L. Gray (Petitioner’s counsel) Joseph J. John Paul R. Cranston (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Honorable James P. Mazzone, No. 020406, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the enforcement of a December 7, 2001 order.
13.	Neil R. Bouchillon (Petitioner’s counsel) Margaret Phipps Brown (Opposing counsel) Lisa Spriggs (GAL)	Petitioner in Christa Jackson v. Honorable David M. Pancake, No. 020562, files a petition for writ of mandamus contending that she should have been made an actual party to an abuse and neglect action.
14.	David A. Sims Gregory R. Tingler (Petitioner’s counsel) Stephen G. Jory (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in Roger L. Ware v. Randall L. Murphy, No. 020544, seeks a stay of proceedings pending an appeal.
15.	John G. Sims (Petitioner’s counsel) Bruce M. White (GAL) Rocco S. Fucillo (DHHR)	Petitioners in State of West Virginia ex rel. Pam Burrows and Harold Burrows v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, No. 020462, seek a petition for writ of mandamus/prohibition contending the DHHR abused and exceeded their legitimate powers in their removal of a child from petitioners’ care.
16.	Jennifer R. Victor (Petitioner’s counsel) Brian L. Lanham William C. Martin (Opposing counsel)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia ex rel Thomas E. Rush v. The Honorable Richard Facemire, No. 020551, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the lower court to pay the balance of expert fees utilized by the defense in this matter.
17.	Pro se	Petitioner in DeWaine C. King v. Michael Coleman, Acting Warden, No. 020449, files a petition for writ of mandamus.
18.	James A. McKowen J. David Cecil James F. Humphreys Stuart Calwell John H. Skaggs Ronald L. Motley William K. Schwartz John E. Sutter Leslie Crosco James O’Brien Theodore Goldberg Stanley Hostler Scott S. Segal Harvey D. Peyton (Petitioners’ counsel) Dennis C. Sauter Paula L. Durst (Premises defendants) Stephen B. Farmer (Mobil Corporation)	Petitioners in Leroy Absten v. The Honorable Martin J. Gaughan, No. 020581, seek to prevent enforcement of Judge Gaughan’s Trial Scheduling Order.
19.	William K. Swartz (Petitioner’s counsel) Dennis C. Sauter Paula L. Durst (Premises defendants) Stephen B. Farmer (Mobil Corporation) [See preceding motion]	A group of petitioners in Brumfield v. The Honorable Martin J. Gaughan, No. 020592, whose claims were filed after September 6 seek a writ of prohibition to prohibit the enforcement of the trial scheduling order.