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25-709 West Virginia v. Michael Keith Allman 2025-12-18 Paid Pending custodial-arrest evidence-preservation fourth-amendment officer-safety search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search
25-5458 Andrew Jackson McCauley, Jr. v. West Virginia 2025-08-25 IFP Denied change-of-venue child-abuse first-degree-murder human-remains k-9-testimony motion-for-directed-verdict
24-5490 Eric Michael Corder v. Shawn Straughn, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Center 2024-09-09 IFP Denied constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-hearing due-process legal-waiver plea-agreement
23-7585 Wilfred H. v. Josh Ward, Interim Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex 2024-05-29 IFP Denied constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-charges criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process factual-allegations legal-procedure multiple-convictions multiple-counts
23A907 Wilfred H. v. Josh Ward, Interim Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex 2024-04-10 A Presumed Complete carbon-copy-indictment constitutional-protections criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process sixth-amendment
23-6782 R. R. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Protective Services, et al. 2024-02-20 IFP Denied adoption-rights child-abuse child-neglect child-welfare constitutional-rights due-process expedient-measures family-disintegration family-law grandparental-standing state-legislation
23M60 R. R. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Protective Services, et al. 2024-01-30 M Presumed Complete None
23-5816 Henry Jo Ward v. West Virginia 2023-10-17 IFP Denied burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-presumption fourteenth-amendment official-capacity
23A268 Patrick Lockhart v. Karen Lockhart 2023-09-27 A Presumed Complete due-process equal-protection equitable-distribution extrinsic-fraud judicial-recusal void-ab-initio
23-239 Stuart Barnes v. Shawn A. Allen 2023-09-13 Paid Denied appointed-guardian doctrine-of-chances estate-mismanagement financial-exploitation guardian-ad-litem guardianship protected-person trustee-conservator wrongful-death-settlement
23-233 Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, et al. 2023-09-13 Paid Denied dormant-commerce-clause in-state-sellers interstate-commerce natural-gas out-of-state-sellers post-production-expenses property-tax tax-assessment
23M25 Robert Brumfield v. Christina McComas 2023-09-07 M Presumed Complete None
22-7680 Adonne A. Horton v. West Virginia 2023-06-01 IFP Denied article-i-section-10 constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment life-sentence police-pursuit statutory-interpretation
22-7415 Ricky Pendleton v. Donald Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Center 2023-05-01 IFP Dismissed constructive-amendment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice pro-se res-judicata
22-862 Brooklyn Zavion Johnson v. West Virginia 2023-03-10 Paid Denied 4th-amendment 5th-amendment consent-to-search due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment juvenile-rights probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-entry warrantless-search
22-6811 A. B. v. West Virginia 2023-02-17 IFP Denied 28-usc-2254 conflict-of-interest criminal-justice-system cuyler-standard cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard strickland-test strickland-v-washington successive-conflict successive-representation
22-747 Tracy Renee Pennington v. West Virginia Amici (3) 2023-02-09 Paid Denied arrest-warrant circuit-split fourth-amendment fourth-circuit home-entry law-enforcement payton-v-new-york probable-cause
22-727 Izzac Christopher Weister v. West Virginia 2023-02-03 Paid Denied competency-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process mental-competency psychiatric-custody statutory-interpretation vagueness violence violence-definition west-virginia
22A662 J.H. v. West Virginia Board of Medicine 2023-01-24 A Presumed Complete None
22-6513 Jeremy Dale Bartram v. West Virginia 2023-01-10 IFP Denied criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rule fair-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-discretion rule-404(b) uncharged-misconduct
22M57 R. B., et ux. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. 2022-12-19 M Presumed Complete None
22-6121 Michael Paul Conn v. West Virginia 2022-11-21 IFP Denied bouie-principle bouie-v-city-of-columbia due-process judicial-interpretation notice notice-requirement retroactive-application retroactivity sex-offender-registration west-virginia
22-5976 Ricky Pendleton v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex 2022-11-04 IFP Dismissed constructive-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jurisdiction malicious-assault robbery sixth-amendment
22-5692 Kyle Brandon Rocha v. West Virginia 2022-09-27 IFP Denied beyond-a-reasonable-doubt confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process hearsay hearsay-evidence reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-hearing standard-of-proof
22-5319 Gary Lee Rollins v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex 2022-08-09 IFP Denied brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process immunity-agreement napue-v-illinois napue-violation prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility
22A89 Bonita Redd v. McDowell County Board of Education 2022-08-02 A Presumed Complete None
22-5175 A. W. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources 2022-07-25 IFP Denied abuse-of-power adoption-proceedings child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-integrity family-preservation federal-adoption-act guardian-ad-litem perjury
22-12 D. H. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. 2022-07-05 Paid Denied 14th-amendment burden-of-proof child-welfare due-process parental-rights state-intervention
21-1564 Chancellor Senior Management, Ltd. v. Louise McGraw, By and Through Her Daughter, Nancy Reuschel as Power of Attorney, et al. 2022-06-15 Paid Denied arbitration-agreement contract-enforcement court-appointment federal-arbitration-act forum-unavailability judicial-review statutory-interpretation
21-1356 M. H. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, et al. 2022-04-18 Paid Denied best-interest-analysis best-interests child-welfare due-process due-process-clause foster-care foster-child-bill-of-rights grandparents statutory-interpretation west-virginia-law
21-7418 James Roland L'Heureux v. West Virginia 2022-03-21 IFP Denied contract-law contractual-breach due-process fourteenth-amendment mabry-v-johnson plea-agreement pre-sentence-investigation sentencing sentencing-arguments
21-1221 S. U. v. C. J. 2022-03-08 Paid Denied biological-parenthood civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law family-separation fourteenth-amendment gestational-surrogacy maternity-presumption reproductive-rights standing surrogacy
21M94 James Roland L'Heureux v. West Virginia 2022-02-25 M Presumed Complete None
21-7113 Gerald Wayne Jako, Jr. v. West Virginia 2022-02-15 IFP Denied conflict-of-interest criminal-representation cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance inside-job-theory plea-bargain presumption-of-prejudice sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel staged-crime witness-unavailability
21A386 M.H. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, et al. 2022-02-01 A Presumed Complete None
21-1051 Mengyang Li v. Shepherd University President's Office 2022-01-28 Paid Denied academic-promotion age-discrimination national-origin-discrimination professional-advancement promotion race-discrimination racial-discrimination scientific-contributions scientific-research teaching-university
21A313 S.U., et al. v. C.J. 2022-01-12 A Presumed Complete None
21A315 Gerald Wayne Jako, Jr. v. West Virginia 2022-01-12 A Presumed Complete None
21-753 Trina L. Janura v. John J. Janura, Jr. 2021-11-19 Paid Denied 14th-amendment conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-investigation judicial-misconduct recusal
21-6067 Johnnie Franklin Wills v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility 2021-10-25 IFP Denied constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-v-united-states recidivism recidivist-statute residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine
21-456 George C. Vann v. Roane County Commission, et al. 2021-09-24 Paid Denied accountability civil-procedure civil-rights conflicting-interests constitutional-rights disclosure due-process estate-administration jurisdiction-challenge probate-court standing
21-23 Brenda Cook v. West Virginia 2021-07-08 Paid Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-impartiality sixth-amendment voir-dire
20-1823 K. S. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources 2021-07-01 Paid Denied 14th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-timeframe due-process good-cause notice-of-appeal procedural-fairness state-supreme-court
20-1818 Ashlee R. Hull, Individually and in Her Capacity as Co-Executrix of the Estate of John Edward Hull, Sr., et al. v. Muhammed Samar Nasher-Alneam, et al. 2021-06-30 Paid Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights court-precedent due-process motion-to-dismiss standing suicide suicide-litigation wrongful-death
20-8251 Jayrionte Thomas v. West Virginia 2021-06-08 IFP Denied constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-procedure right-to-counsel sixth-amendment west-virginia-law
20-7980 Takiese Naceer Bethea v. West Virginia 2021-05-13 IFP Denied co-defendants criminal-procedure equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-fairness prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination sentencing
20-8004 L. M. C. v. West Virginia 2021-05-12 IFP Denied brady-violation cause-of-death child-endangerment due-process expert-testimony failure-to-provide-necessities judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal murder murder-of-a-child w-va-code-61-8d-2a
20-7505 Olin Matice Gaskins v. West Virginia 2021-03-18 IFP Denied appeal constitutional-rights direct-appeal due-process equal-protection federal-law fourteenth-amendment legal-procedure retroactivity state-court supreme-court
20-7070 Jeremy S. v. West Virginia 2021-02-08 IFP Denied appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-inquiry jury-polling jury-trial trial-court-procedure verdict-review
20-1071 West Virginia, ex rel. June Yurish, et al. v. Laura V. Faircloth, Judge, Circuit Court of West Virginia, 23rd Judicial Circuit, et al. 2021-02-05 Paid Denied 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process joint-representation sixth-amendment standing supremacy-clause
20-6522 Ricky Vincent Pendleton v. Terry C. Hamrick, et al. 2020-12-03 IFP Denied access-to-courts appeal appeal-preparation constitutional-rights court-reporter due-process grand-jury grand-jury-transcripts indigent-prisoner transcripts
20-556 Special Services Bureau, Inc., dba Regional Bonding Co. v. Circuit Court of West Virginia, Berkeley County 2020-10-27 Paid Denied arbitrary-discretion bail-bondsmen constitutional-challenge discretionary-power due-process good-moral-character statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness
20-545 Barbara D. Terrell v. John Lewis Renner, II 2020-10-26 Paid Denied appellate-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations-exception due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment marital-assets notice privileges-immunities property
20-497 Jamal A. Azeez v. West Virginia 2020-10-15 Paid Denied actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-rights ex-post-facto false-arrest jury-selection megan-laws perjury prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination
20-5992 Alan Lane Hicks v. West Virginia 2020-10-13 IFP Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing
20-393 Alex Rahmi v. Pill & Pill, PLLC 2020-09-25 Paid Denied asset-liquidation bankruptcy-fraud class-action due-process federal-rules foreclosure-fraud foreclosure-scheme retaliation whistleblower-protection
20-5616 Zachary Knotts v. West Virginia 2020-09-08 IFP Denied bench-trial competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment-disposition mental-competency proof-standard trial-jurisdiction
19-8806 David Lawrence Dixon v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex 2020-06-24 IFP Denied biological-evidence destruction-of-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment re-testing state-destruction trial
19-7777 John Henry Hoyle v. West Virginia 2020-02-26 IFP Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction question-not-identified sexual-offender-registration standing statutory-interpretation takings telephone-disclosure void-for-vagueness
19-7659 Ashley Rios, et vir v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources 2020-02-14 IFP Denied abuse-neglect abuse-or-neglect child-custody due-process expert-witness foster-placement indian-child-welfare-act knowing-waiver parental-rights qualified-expert-witness statutory-interpretation waiver
19-962 Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia 2020-01-31 Paid Denied constitutional-review criminal-justice criminal-punishment drug-policy due-process equal-protection opioid-crisis opioid-sentencing recidivist-statute sentencing
19-7448 Dennis Rydbom v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex 2020-01-28 IFP Denied Compulsory-Process Confrontation-Clause due-process Equal-Protection fourteenth-amendment-due-process fourteenth-amendment-equal-protection fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-probable-cause fourth-amendment-warrant-requirement sixth-amendment-compulsory-process sixth-amendment-confrontation state-sovereignty
19-731 Pancho's LLC v. James T. Hughes, et al. 2019-12-10 Paid Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process federal-regulation notice-and-hearing paul-v-davis reputation stigma-to-reputation
19A586 Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia 2019-11-25 A Presumed Complete None
19-6068 Michael S. Sites v. West Virginia 2019-09-25 IFP Denied constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure critical-proceedings due-process harmless-error jury-deliberations right-to-be-present
19-5528 Robert Anthony Chester v. West Virginia 2019-08-08 IFP Denied co-defendant co-defendants constitutional-proportionality criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment disparate-sentencing disproportionate-sentencing eighth-amendment equal-protection first-degree-robbery sentencing sentencing-disparity
19-5253 Jonathan Thomas Wright v. Adam Holley, Acting Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles 2019-07-19 IFP Denied appeal-process appellate-procedure due-process due-process-rights fifth-amendment mootness state-agency state-statute stay-order
19-5252 Jonathan Thomas Wright v. West Virginia 2019-07-19 IFP Denied arraignment criminal-complaint de-novo-appeal essential-elements hearsay-doctrine oath personal-knowledge physical-evidence police-officer
19A71 Michael S. Sites v. West Virginia 2019-07-17 A Presumed Complete None
18A1338 Robert Chester v. West Virginia 2019-06-19 A Presumed Complete access-to-courts constitutional-rights indigent-prisoner legal-research prison-law-library pro-se-litigation
18-9609 Charles L. v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex 2019-06-11 IFP Denied collateral-acts collateral-acts-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions lesser-included-offense limiting-instruction sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel
18-9531 Lan Deyerle v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources 2019-06-04 IFP Denied civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court-rules
18-1189 Mitch Carmichael, President of the West Virginia Senate, et al. v. West Virginia, ex rel. Margaret L. Workman 2019-03-13 Paid Denied civil-rights due-process federalism guarantee-clause impeachment-process judicial-cognizability justiciability political-question-doctrine republican-form-of-government separation-of-powers state-impeachment-proceedings state-judiciary
18-8249 Rickey Morgan v. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commissioner 2019-03-04 IFP Denied 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights code-interpretation due-process judicial-review legal-obligation mandamus prosecutorial-duty refund state-law state-tax-commissioner tax
18-8001 William Fykes v. West Virginia 2019-02-15 IFP Denied 14th-amendment constitutional-rights credibility criminal-procedure due-process intent jury-instructions post-arrest-silence prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination
18-1053 Ashland Specialty Co., Inc. v. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commissioner Amici (2) 2019-02-11 Paid Denied bajakajian-standard civil-monetary-penalty civil-noncompliance civil-penalty cooper-industries-v-leatherman eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause-8th-amendment gross-disproportionality grossly-disproportionate master-settlement-agreement proportionality regulatory-compliance state-tax united-states-v-bajakajian
18-7475 Aldona B. v. Nicholas S. 2019-01-17 IFP Denied biological-father child-custody civil-rights custodial-rights custody due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements unwed-parent
18-7395 Wilfred H. v. West Virginia 2019-01-14 IFP Denied brady-materiality brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence
18-893 West Virginia House of Delegates v. West Virginia, ex rel. Margaret L. Workman, et al. 2019-01-10 Paid Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-law federalism guarantee-clause house-of-delegates legislative-standing motion-to-intervene standing west-virginia west-virginia-supreme-court
18-884 Brenda Jeffrey v. West Virginia 2019-01-09 Paid Denied 14th-amendment animal-law animal-seizure civil-forfeiture criminal-proceedings due-process fourteenth-amendment matthews-test property-rights sentell-vs-new-orleans
18-7337 Gary D. Martin v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden 2019-01-09 IFP Denied change-of-venue constitutional-error due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel venue
18A677 Mitch Carmichael, President of the West Virginia Senate, et al. v. West Virginia, ex. rel. Margaret L. Workman 2018-12-27 A Presumed Complete None
18A645 Ashland Specialty Co., Inc. v. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commissioner 2018-12-18 A Presumed Complete None
18-7030 S. R. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. 2018-12-14 IFP Denied child-custody civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process family-law judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal procedural-fairness recusal standing
18-6527 Jedediah C. v. West Virginia 2018-10-31 IFP Denied double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment home-incarceration pre-trial time-served west-virginia
18A290 Jedediah C. v. West Virginia 2018-09-18 A Presumed Complete None
18-5465 Edward Jesse Dreyfuse v. Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia 2018-08-06 IFP Denied None
17-7 David C. Tabb v. County Commission of Jefferson County, West Virginia 2017-06-27 Paid Denied None