Crain v. Bordenkircher

McGRAW, Chief Justice:

In this appeal by the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, we are asked to determine whether the fees and expenses of a monitor appointed by the Circuit Court of Marshall County to ensure compliance with plans to reform conditions of confinement at the West Virginia Penitentiary should be paid by the Supreme Court of Appeals or by the West Virginia Department of Corrections.

In 1981, certain inmates at the West Virginia Penitentiary filed habeas corpus petitions in this Court alleging the conditions of their confinement violated West…