Swiger v. Civil Service Commissioner

NEELY, Justice:

On January 20,1986, State Senators Kar-ras and Loehr were touring the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville on behalf of a Select Senate Committee investigating the New Year’s Day riots. The Senators were accompanied by Warden Hedrick, Major Littell, and Sergeant LeMasters. Appellant, Ricky C. Swiger, was on duty as a Correctional Officer I and asked Sgt. Le-Masters if they were the Senate Investigating Committee because Mr. Swiger wanted to discuss security problems with them. Appellant received no response after asking the question three times. Major Littell later…