WV Supreme Court, Misc. Motions, September 3, 2009

1.	Kenneth E. Webb, Jr. Carol M. Jansons (Counsel for Petitioner) Silas B. Taylor (Counsel for Division of Purchasing) Refuse 5 - 0	Petitioner in State ex rel. IPI, Inc. v. The Honorable David Tincher, Director, Purchasing Division, State of West Virginia, No. 090868, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the West Virginia Department of Administration and the Director of the Department’s Purchasing Division to award a state bridge cleaning and painting contract to the petitioner.
2.	Edgar Allen Poe, Jr. Mark A. Glover Katherine MacCallum Nichols (Counsel for Petitioner) Kyle G. Lusk (Counsel for Plaintiff) Wyoming - McGraw Refuse 4 - 1 (Davis, J.)	Petitioner in West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources v. The Honorable Warren R. McGraw, No. 090928, seeks a writ of prohibition to bar further proceedings against it in a civil action where plaintiff failed to provide pre-suit notice to the chief officer of the DHHR in accordance with W.Va. Code §55-17-3.
3.	Ramonda C. Lyons Mychal S. Schulz (Counsel for Petitioner) Richard Neely (Counsel for Plaintiff Below) William V. DePaulo (Counsel for Conrad) Kanawha - Kaufman Grant 3- 2 (Davis, J., McHugh, J.)	Petitioner in TD Ameritrade, Inc. v. The Honorable Tod Kaufman, No. 091003, seeks a writ of prohibition to stop the circuit court from addressing the merits of a dispute before referring the matter to arbitration.
4.	Damon B. Morgan, Jr. Sherry S. Eling (Counsel for Petitioner) Matthew L. Clark Bradley H. Layne (Counsel for Respondent) Mason - Evans Refuse 3- 2 (Benjamin, C. J., Workman, J.)	Petitioner in State of West Virginia ex rel. Damon B. Morgan, Jr., Prosecuting Attorney, Mason County, West Virginia v. Thomas C. Evans, III, Judge, Circuit Court, Mason County, West Virginia, No. 091064, seeks a writ of prohibition to prohibit the circuit court from dismissing the indictment against Charles Lee Deel.
5.	Matthew A. Victor (Counsel for Petitioner) Maryclaire Akers (Asst. Pros. Atty.) Kanawha - Kaufman Refuse 5 - 0	Petitioner in State of West Virginia v. Carolyn Mallo, No. 09-047, moves to modify the conditions of her bond.
6.	Dana P. McDermott (Counsel for Petitioner) George V. Sitler (Asst. Pros. Atty.) Mercer - Knight Refuse 5 - 0	Petitioner in State of West Virginia ex rel. Stephen M. Gaultney v. Thomas McBride, No. 090350, files a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under this Court’s original jurisdiction following his 2003 convictions of first degree murder and three counts of wanton endangerment.
7.	Ancil G. Ramey Kara Cunningham Williams Lucien G. Lewin (Counsel for Petitioners) David M. Hammer Robert J. Schiavoni Harry P. Waddell (Counsel for Respondents) Berkeley - Groh Refuse 5 - 0	Petitioners in State of West Virginia ex rel. Rosedale Cemetery Company, Rosedale Funeral Chapel, Inc., SCI West Virginia Funeral Services, Inc., and SCI, Inc. v. The Honorable Gina Marie Groh, No. 091092, seek to challenge an order upholding class action status of the underlying suit.