Farley v. Buckalew

NEELY, Justice:

G.K. Farley, a corporal in the West Virginia Department of Public Safety, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County appealing his transfer orders. The Department of Public Safety denied the allegations in Cpl. Farley’s petition and moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. The circuit court denied the motion to dismiss, but certified the following question to this Court:

When a member of the West Virginia Department of Public Safety is transferred from one detachment to another detachment, may an appeal of the transfer decision be taken directly to the Circuit…