Flanigan v. West Virginia Public Employees' Retirement System

McGRAW, Justice:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus. The petitioner, Michael M. Flanigan, seeks a writ mandating his enrollment in the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System. The respondent West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System (hereinafter “PERS”) is a public corporation created and maintained for the purpose of providing retirement, disability and survivor benefits for employees of the State of West Virginia and of other participating public employers within the State.1 The other named respondents are the individual members of the Board of Trustees of PERS,…