State Ex Rel. Wyant v. Brotherton

DAVIS, Justice.

In these two cases invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court, two inmates seek to use the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act to obtain certain documents from a circuit court for the purposes of filing petitions for writs of habeas corpus. We conclude that inmates must comply with the Rules Governing Post-Conviction Habeas Corpus Proceedings in order to obtain court documents for such purposes. Accordingly, we deny the requested writs.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. Roger Wyant

Roger Wyant, a petitioner herein (hereinafter referred to as “Mr. Wyant”), was…