WV Supreme Court, Misc. Motions, September 10, 2003

1.	Richard E. Holtzapfel Jill D. Sinatra (Counsel for Petitioner) Anne Cronan-Yorick (Pro se) Susan S. Brewer (Counsel for BOG) Refuse 5- 0	Petitioner in State of West Virginia ex rel. West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Honorable Russell M. Clawges, Jr., No. 031263, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the circuit court from proceeding in this matter and to compel the lower court to dismiss this medical malpractice action for failure of the plaintiff to effect service of process within 120 days of filing her complaint.
2.	Mark R. Lane (Counsel for Petitioner) Robert B. Warner Paul Farrell (Counsel for Respondents) Robert J. Behling (Counsel for Respondent Tower) Refuse 5- 0	Defendant in State of West ex rel. Arthurs Trucking, Inc. v. The Honorable Ronald E. Wilson, No. 031417, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the enforcement of the lower court order denying a motion to dismiss for failure of the plaintiff to show good cause for not effecting service of process within 120 days of filing the complaint.
3.	Robert J. Behling (Counsel for Petitioner Tower) Robert B. Warner Paul Farrell (Counsel for Respondents) Refuse 5- 0	Defendant Tower Central in State of West Virginia ex rel. Tower Central, Inc., et al. v. The Honorable Ronald E. Wilson, No. 031500, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the enforcement of the lower court order denying a motion to discuss for failure of the plaintiff to show good cause for not effecting service of process within 120 days of filing the complaint.
4.	Laura R. Rose (Counsel for Petitioner) Ancil G. Ramey Jeffrey K. Phillips Michelle E. Piziak (Counsel for Respondents) Refuse 3- 2 (Starcher, McGraw) Refuse 5- 0 - Stay	Petitioner in Barry M. Heavner v. The Honorable Christopher C. Wilkes, No. 031379, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the circuit court from proceeding with a bifurcated trial against individually named state troopers apart from the claims against their employer, the West Virginia State Police. Petitioner also seeks a stay of a lower court scheduling order.
5.	William D. Levine (Counsel for Petitioner) Roger Decanio (Counsel for Respondent) Refuse 5- 0	Defendant in State ex rel. Jim Walter Homes, Inc. v. Honorable John Frazier, No. 031360, files a petition for writ of prohibition to prohibit the enforcement of an order denying defendant a motion to dismiss based upon an arbitration clause in a sales contract and refusing to apply the choice of law provision in the contract.
6.	Stephen P. Goodwin Stephanie Sloan Dobbins Raymond S. Franks II (Counsel for Defendants) Paul V. Morrison Rodney C. Windham (Counsel for Respondents) Grant & Remand	Several defendants in Edward R. Cokeley v. Apple Corp, et al., No. 031145, seek to supplement the record with the sales agreement between the operator of oil and gas wells, and a third-party.
7.	Stephen P. Goodwin Stephanie Sloan Dobbins Raymond S. Franks II (Counsel for Defendants) Paul V. Morrison Rodney C. Windham (Counsel for Respondents) Grant & Remand	Plaintiffs in Edward R. Cokeley v. Apple Corp, et al., No. 031145, move to supplement the record.
8.	Paul M. Blake, Jr. (Pros. Atty.) Neil V. Boden (Asst. Pros. Atty.) Graydoon C. Ooten, Jr. Christopher S. Moorehead (Counsel for Respondents) Refuse 3- 2 (Davis & Maynard)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia ex rel. The Honorable Paul M. Blake, Jr. v. The Honorable Judge John W. Hatcher, Jr., No. 031463, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the lower court from suppressing evidence seized in a criminal case.
9.	John P. Adams Jessica E. Myers (Counsel for Petitioner) Defer	Petitioner in State of West Virginia ex rel. Thomas L. Stanley v. The Honorable Virginia Sine, Circuit Clerk of the 23^rd Judicial Circuit, No. 031541, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the circuit clerk from continuing the procedure used to select petit jurors.
10.	Steven B. Nanners (Counsel for Petitioner) Timothy L. Sweeney (Counsel for Respondent) Refuse 5- 0	Defendant in State of West Virginia v. Ira Gene Bunch, No. 031528, files a summary petition for bail.
11.	John P. Adams (Counsel for Petitioner) Pamela Games-Neely (Pros. Atty.) Refuse 5- 0	Defendant in State of West Virginia ex rel. Paul David Rene v. The Honorable David H. Sanders, No. 031438, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit his trial on 114 counts of child pornography involving computer files.
12.	Paul T. Tucker Anthony I. Werner Joseph J. John (Counsel for Appellees) Michael J. Farrell (Counsel for Appellants) Refuse 4- 1 (MCGraw)	Appellees in Linn Rose v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., No. 31317, move to dismiss the appeal of this matter.
13.	J. B. Rees (Chief Public Defender) Darrell V. McGraw (Atty. Gen.) Paul M. Blake, Jr. (Pros. Atty.) Grant 3-2 (Davis, Maynard)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia ex rel. J. B. Rees v. The Honorable John W. Hatcher, Jr., No. 031508, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the enforcement of a circuit court order assessing jury costs and fees against defense counsel.
14.	David L. Hill (Counsel for Petitioner /appellee) Walter L. Wagner, Jr. (Counsel for Respondent /appellant) Refuse 5- 0	Appellant in Richard Thomas Ramey v. Barbara Ann Ramey, No. 030530, moves for leave to renew her petition for appeal out-of-time.
15.	David L. Delk, Jr. (Counsel for Petitioners) Kimberly E. Williams L. David Duffield R. R. Fredeking, II (Counsel for Defendants) Refuse 4-1 (Albright)	Petitioners below in William J. M. Polan et al. v. West Virginia Industrial Parks Sales and Management Corporation, No. 030982, file a petition for application of suspension of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
16.	Larry Harless (Counsel for Petitioner) Kathleen Shultz (Dep. Atty. Gen.) Refuse 3-2 (Starcher, McGraw)	Petitioner State of West Virginia ex rel. West Virginia Citizen Action Group v. West Virginia Economic Grant Committee, No. 31125, move for an award of attorney’s fees.
17.	Leonard B. Knee Dianna Leigh Johnson (Counsel for Petitioner) Cassius H. Toon (Counsel for Respondent) Michael A. Albert Thomas N. McJunkin Christopher L. Callas (Counsel for Respondent) Refuse 4-1 (McGraw)	Petitioner in Russell Holt v. The Public Service Commission of West Virginia, No. 030667, moves for leave to renew his petition for appeal out-of-time.
18.	Thomas W. Smith (Counsel for Petitioner) Dwane Tinsley R. Brandon Johnson (Counsel for Respondents) Ronald J. Rumora (Prosecuting Atty.) Refuse 4-1 (Maynard)	Petitioner in Thurman Conrad Cline v. The Honorable Alfred J. Ferguson, No. 031745, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit his trial on a charge of first degree murder.

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