April 24, 2002 Miscellaneous Motions Conference

1.	Joseph B. Cordell (Petitioner’s counsel) Refuse 4-0 [ Starcher, J., Not Participating ]	Petitioner in State ex rel. John Wayne Orem v. The Honorable Christopher C. Wilkes, No. 020673, seeks a writ of prohibition and/or mandamus arising from a custody dispute.
2.	Brandon C. H. Sims (Petitioner’s counsel) Brenda Waugh (Opposing counsel) Defer	Petitioner in State ex rel. Pamela Jean Games-Neely v. The Honorable David H. Sanders, No. 020575, seeks a writ of prohibition to challenge a lower court ruling that the West Virginia statute which provides for criminal penalties for soldiers who are absent without leave is unconstitutional.
3.	Robert M. Losey (Petitioner’s counsel) Kelly Neal (Opposing counsel) Refuse 4-0 [ Starcher, J., Not Participating ]	Petitioner in State ex rel. Albert Fuller v. The Honorable Alfred E. Ferguson, No. 020042, seeks a writ of habeas corpus.
4.	Susan N. Hayes Thomas E. Scarr (Petitioner’s counsel) Herbert H. Henderson Gail Henderson-Staples (Opposing counsel) Defer	Petitioners in the Original Glorious Church of God and Christ v. Charles D. Shaw, No. 02-038, seek a stay of execution of judgment pending appeal.
5.	Gary S. Wigal (Petitioner’s counsel) Eric Falk (Opposing counsel) Grant 2-1 [ Maynard, J. ] [ Davis, C.J., Starcher, J., Not Participating ]	Petitioners in State of West Virginia ex rel. Thomas Atkins v. The Honorable Robert A. Burnside, Jr., No. 020694, seek a writ of prohibition and writ of mandamus to prohibit the enforcement of a lower court order which consolidated all 23 plaintiffs’ cases for discovery purposes.