State Ex Rel. Artimez v. Recht

The Acting Administrative Director of the Courts, Linda Richmond Artimez, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the enforcement of two orders of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, dated May 14, 2003, and June 17, 2003, directing this Court to pay $484,239.51 for psychological evaluations performed by Dr. Charles William Hewitt in juvenile cases throughout the state of West Virginia. Upon thorough review of the briefs, arguments of counsel, and the record, this Court grants the writ of prohibition to prevent the enforcement of the lower court orders.

I. Factual and Procedural History

In Hewitt…