Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Anstey v. Davis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 14, 1998No. 25155-25158PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAYNARD, Justice:
These consolidated proceedings involve five inmates of the Mount Olive Correctional Center who complain that the respondents and appellees, William K. Davis, Commissioner of the Division of Corrections, and George Trent, Warden of the Mount Olive Correctional Center, have deprived them of their personal computers without procedural due process of law and in retaliation for litigation against the Division of Corrections by “jailhouse lawyers.” Four of the inmates, Samuel Anstey, Gary Shepherd, Dwaine King, and Larry James brought original jurisdiction petitions in this Court.…
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