State Ex Rel. Smith v. Maynard

CLECKLEY, Justice:

In this original proceeding for a writ of prohibition, we are asked to determine whether the respondent judge, the Honorable Elliott E. Maynard, of the Circuit Court of Mingo County, erred in transferring a civil action by order dated June 23, 1994, from Mingo to Kanawha County. The relator, Charles S. Smith, argues that, if we find the civil action properly was transferred to Ka-nawha County, it was error to administratively assign the respondent judge to sit as a Special Judge of the Circuit Court of Kana-wha County to preside over the action.

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FACTS

The relator contends…