State v. Dostert

NEELY, Justice:

Our petitioner, Roy Weaver, is a bail bondsman authorized to do business in the West Virginia counties of Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan. By order dated 17 September 1982 Judge Pierre Dostert, Judge of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, West Virginia, sua sponte suspended bondsman Weaver’s authority to write bonds in any of these counties. Judge Dostert amended this order by an order of 23 September 1982 retracting the suspension in Berkeley County. Petitioner Weaver comes before this Court seeking a writ of prohibition staying Judge Dostert’s order until a hearing is…