South Carolina Attorney General's Office
95 cases • 11 attorneys
Attorneys
Melody Jane Brown
(48)
Donald John Zelenka
(12)
Joseph David Spate
(8)
William Edgar Salter III
(8)
William Joseph Maye
(8)
Caroline Marie Scrantom
(3)
William M. Blitch Jr.
(3)
William Melvin Blitch Jr.
(2)
D. Russell Barlow II
(1)
Don Russell Barlow II
(1)
Mark Reynolds Farthing
(1)
Cases
| Case | Title | Docketed | Type | Status | Party | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6173 | Charles Jason Carmichael v. South Carolina | 2025-11-19 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Donald John Zelenka |
| 25-535 | Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC, et al. v. Yashika Watson, as Guardian of the Person and Estate of Zeola Ellis, III | 2025-11-03 | Paid | Denied | State of South Carolina and 19 Other States | Joseph David Spate |
| 25-513 | Adele Jeffords Pope v. South Carolina | 2025-10-27 | Paid | Denied | South Carolina | Donald John Zelenka |
| 25-368 | Hal Taylor, Secretary, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency v. Jonathan Singleton, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated | 2025-09-29 | Paid | Pending | State of South Carolina, 18 Other States, and the Territory of Guam | Joseph David Spate |
| 25A234 | South Carolina, et al. v. John Doe, By His Next Friends and Parents, Jim Doe and Jane Doe | 2025-08-28 | A | Presumed Complete | South Carolina, et al. | Joseph David Spate |
| 25-231 | Jon Wynn Jarrard, Sr. v. Wilfredo Martell, Warden | 2025-08-28 | Paid | Denied | Wilfredo Martell, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 25-5336 | Terrell McCoy v. Stephen Duncan, Warden | 2025-08-13 | IFP | Denied | Stephen Duncan | Melody Jane Brown |
| 25-5317 | Stephen Corey Bryant v. Joel Anderson, Acting Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2025-08-11 | IFP | Denied | Joel Anderson, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 24-7442 | Patrick L. Booker v. South Carolina | 2025-06-17 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Donald John Zelenka |
| 24-6933 | Mikal Mahdi v. Bryan Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections | 2025-04-08 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling | Melody Jane Brown |
| 24-6917 | Edmond Stanley Adams, III v. South Carolina | 2025-04-02 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Don Russell Barlow II |
| 24A931 | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. J.G.G., et al. | 2025-03-28 | A | Presumed Complete | South Carolina, Virginia, and 25 Other States | Joseph David Spate |
| 24-6709 | Brad Keith Sigmon v. South Carolina | 2025-03-05 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Melody Jane Brown |
| 24-6590 | John Dwayne Garvin v. Levern Cohen, Warden | 2025-02-19 | IFP | Denied | Levern Cohen | Melody Jane Brown |
| 24-6418 | Patrick L. Booker v. South Carolina | 2025-01-30 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Donald John Zelenka |
| 24-6420 | Stephen C. Stanko v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2025-01-29 | IFP | Denied | Director Stirling, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 24-6376 | Marion Bowman, Jr. v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2025-01-23 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling, et al. | William Joseph Maye |
| 24A636 | Patrick L. Booker v. South Carolina | 2024-12-27 | A | Presumed Complete | State of South Carolina | Donald John Zelenka |
| 24-5798 | Gene Tony Cooper, Jr. v. William Langdon, III, Warden | 2024-10-22 | IFP | Denied | Warden, Allendale C.I. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 24-410 | L. M., a Minor, By and Through His Father and Stepmother and Natural Guardians, Christopher and Susan Morrison v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. | 2024-10-11 | Paid | Denied | South Carolina | Joseph David Spate |
| 24-396 | St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Gentner Drummond, Attorney General of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma | 2024-10-09 | Paid | Judgment Issued | State of South Carolina | Joseph David Spate |
| 24-394 | Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al. v. Gentner Drummond, Attorney General of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma | 2024-10-09 | Paid | Judgment Issued | State of South Carolina | Joseph David Spate |
| 24-5668 | Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections | 2024-09-30 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling | Melody Jane Brown |
| 24-317 | Tommy Lee Benton v. South Carolina | 2024-09-20 | Paid | Denied | South Carolina | Melody Jane Brown |
| 24A11 | Alaska, et al. v. Department of Education, et al. | 2024-07-09 | A | Presumed Complete | South Carolina | Joseph David Spate |
| 23-7641 | Steven Vernon Bixby v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2024-06-05 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Dept. of Corrections,, et al. | William Joseph Maye |
| 23A868 | Steven Vernon Bixby v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2024-03-28 | A | Presumed Complete | Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections; and Lydell Chestnut, Deputy Warden, Broad River Correctional Institution | William Joseph Maye |
| 23-7062 | Clark D. Thomas v. McKendley Newton, Warden, et al. | 2024-03-22 | IFP | Denied | McKendley Newton, et al. | William Joseph Maye |
| 23-6694 | Michael T. Braxton v. Warden, Anderson County Detention Center | 2024-02-07 | IFP | Denied | Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 23-6078 | Timothy Ray Jones, Jr. v. South Carolina | 2023-11-21 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Melody Jane Brown |
| 22-1234 | Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes | 2023-06-23 | Paid | Denied | Bryan P. Stirling, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 22-7551 | John Foster Norris v. Donnie Stonebreaker, Warden | 2023-05-15 | IFP | Denied | Donnie Stonebreaker, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 22-7318 | Shannon Miles Lancaster v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden | 2023-04-19 | IFP | Denied | Charles Williams | William Joseph Maye |
| 22-7187 | Jody Lynn Ward v. South Carolina | 2023-04-03 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Melody Jane Brown |
| 22-885 | South Carolina v. Angela D. Brewer | 2023-03-15 | Paid | Denied | State of South Carolina | William Melvin Blitch Jr. |
| 22-6772 | Marion Bowman, Jr. v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2023-02-14 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling, et al. | William Joseph Maye |
| 22-6690 | Steven Vernon Bixby v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2023-02-02 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 22A589 | South Carolina v. Angela D. Brewer | 2022-12-30 | A | Presumed Complete | South Carolina | William Melvin Blitch Jr. |
| 22-6193 | Marie Assa'ad-Faltas v. South Carolina | 2022-12-01 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Donald John Zelenka |
| 22-490 | Lydell Chestnut, Deputy Warden v. Quincy J. Allen | 2022-11-23 | Paid | Denied | Lydell Chestnut | Melody Jane Brown |
| 22-5629 | Saul Williams v. South Carolina | 2022-09-20 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Donald John Zelenka |
| 22-5545 | Clinton Folkes v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden | 2022-09-09 | IFP | Denied | Charles Williams, Jr., Warden | William Joseph Maye |
| 22-5536 | Mikal D. Mahdi v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2022-09-08 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling and Lydell Chestnut | Melody Jane Brown |
| 22-5513 | Jerome Jenkins, Jr. v. South Carolina | 2022-09-06 | IFP | Denied | State of South Carolina | William Edgar Salter III |
| 22-5476 | John R. Wood v. Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2022-08-30 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling | Melody Jane Brown |
| 22-5173 | Derrick Lamar Cheeks v. Alford Joyner | 2022-07-25 | IFP | Denied | Alford Joyner | William Edgar Salter III |
| 21-8066 | Christopher Darnell Wilson v. South Carolina, et al. | 2022-06-06 | IFP | Denied | State of South Carolina | Donald John Zelenka |
| 21-7763 | Randolph Ashford v. South Carolina | 2022-05-03 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | D. Russell Barlow II |
| 21-7764 | Kelvin Jones v. South Carolina | 2022-05-03 | IFP | Denied | State of South Carolina | William M. Blitch Jr. |
| 21-7584 | William O. Dickerson v. South Carolina | 2022-04-11 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Melody Jane Brown |
| 21-7511 | Kevin E. Herriott v. Charles Burton, Warden | 2022-03-31 | IFP | Denied | Charles Burton | Melody Jane Brown |
| 21-7237 | John Dalen v. South Carolina | 2022-03-01 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | William M. Blitch Jr. |
| 21-7228 | Timothy Donald Dingle v. Brian Kendall, Warden | 2022-02-28 | IFP | Denied | Brian Kendall | Melody Jane Brown |
| 21-1044 | Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. James Nathaniel Bryant, III | 2022-01-26 | Paid | Denied | Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 21-938 | Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes | 2021-12-23 | Paid | GVR | Bryan Stirling, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 21-6700 | Tremaine Rashon Wray v. Dennis Bush, Warden | 2021-12-22 | IFP | Denied | Bush, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 21-6151 | Gary DuBose Terry v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2021-11-02 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling, et al. | William Edgar Salter III |
| 21-5962 | Charles Nemon Vandross v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2021-10-13 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 21-5945 | Bobby Joe Barton v. Scott Lewis, Warden | 2021-10-13 | IFP | Denied | Scott Lewis, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 21A61 | Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes | 2021-10-07 | A | Presumed Complete | Bryan Stirling, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 20-1191 | Robert Singletary v. Kenneth Nelsen, Warden, et al. | 2021-02-26 | Paid | Denied | Kenneth Nelsen, Warden, et al. | Caroline Marie Scrantom |
| 20-7195 | Javan Fredrick Mays, aka Von Frederick Mayes v. Scott Lewis, Warden | 2021-02-23 | IFP | Denied | Warden Scott Lewis | William Edgar Salter III |
| 20-7005 | Andre King v. Brian Kendall, Warden | 2021-02-01 | IFP | Denied | Brian Kendall, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 20-975 | Freddie Owens v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2021-01-22 | Paid | Denied | Bryan P. Stirling, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 20-6761 | Wayne Wells, Jr. v. Terrie Wallace, Warden | 2021-01-04 | IFP | Denied | Wallace, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 20-6209 | Louis Sanders v. Charles Williams, Jr., Warden | 2020-11-04 | IFP | Denied | Warden, Perry Correctional Institution | Melody Jane Brown |
| 20-6166 | Brad Keith Sigmon v. Bryan Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2020-10-29 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling | Melody Jane Brown |
| 20-5570 | Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | 2020-09-02 | IFP | Denied | Bryan Stirling, et al. | William Edgar Salter III |
| 19-8808 | Randolph Ashford v. Michael Stephan, Warden | 2020-06-24 | IFP | Denied | Michael Stephan | Caroline Marie Scrantom |
| 19-8643 | Wallace Eugene Evatt, Jr. v. Michael Stephan, Warden | 2020-06-09 | IFP | Denied | Michael Stephan | Melody Jane Brown |
| 19-8371 | Angelo Ham v. Warden Williams | 2020-04-28 | IFP | Denied | Warden Williams | Melody Jane Brown |
| 19-8363 | Daniel R. McClain v. Kenneth Sharp, Warden | 2020-04-26 | IFP | Denied | Kenneth Sharp, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 19-8186 | Leroy Staton v. Superintendent, Lee Correctional Institution | 2020-04-06 | IFP | Denied | Superintendent, Lee Correctional | Donald John Zelenka |
| 19-7666 | Donniel Woods v. Aaron Joyner, Warden | 2020-02-13 | IFP | Denied | Aaron Joyner, Warden | William Edgar Salter III |
| 19-7597 | Robert William Wazney v. Kenneth Nelson, Warden | 2020-02-07 | IFP | Dismissed | Nelson, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 19-7231 | Joshua Andrew Monroe v. Scott Lewis, Warden | 2020-01-09 | IFP | Denied | Scott Lewis, Warden | Caroline Marie Scrantom |
| 19-311 | Al Cannon, Sheriff, Charleston County, South Carolina v. Broderick William Seay, Jr. | 2019-09-06 | Paid | Denied | Al Cannon | Melody Jane Brown |
| 19A153 | Al Cannon, Sheriff v. Broderick William Seay, Jr. | 2019-08-08 | A | Presumed Complete | Al Cannon | Melody Jane Brown |
| 19-5512 | Gregory Green v. Donald Beckwith, Warden | 2019-08-08 | IFP | Denied | Donald Beckwith | Melody Jane Brown |
| 19-5041 | Matthew Jamison v. Levern Cohen, Warden | 2019-07-02 | IFP | Denied | Lervern Cohen, Warden | Donald John Zelenka |
| 18-9788 | Sarah Denise Cardwell v. South Carolina | 2019-06-25 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | William M. Blitch Jr. |
| 18-1495 | Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Charles Christopher Williams | 2019-05-31 | Paid | Denied | Bryan Stirling, et al. | Melody Jane Brown |
| 18-8656 | Geneva Elaine Hames v. Patricia Yeldell, Warden | 2019-04-01 | IFP | Denied | Patricia Yeldell | Melody Jane Brown |
| 18-8410 | Marshall Ray Miller v. Joseph L. McFadden, Warden | 2019-03-14 | IFP | Denied | Joseph L. McFadden, Warden | Donald John Zelenka |
| 18-8280 | Darrell J. Williams v. Cecilia Reynolds, Warden | 2019-03-05 | IFP | Denied | Reynolds, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 18-8126 | Ronnie W. Wilson v. Michael Stephan, Warden | 2019-02-25 | IFP | Denied | Stephan, Warden | William Edgar Salter III |
| 18-7937 | Jaques J. Sullivan v. Scott Lewis, Warden | 2019-02-13 | IFP | Denied | Scott Lewis | Melody Jane Brown |
| 18-7480 | Karreem Tislam Jabar Wiley v. Larry Cartledge, Warden | 2019-01-17 | IFP | Denied | Cartledge, Warden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 18-7277 | Shannon D. McGee, Sr. v. Joseph McFadden, Warden | 2019-01-07 | IFP | Denied | Joseph McFadden | Melody Jane Brown |
| 18-6110 | Mikal Mahdi v. South Carolina | 2018-09-28 | IFP | Denied | South Carolina | Melody Jane Brown |
| 18-335 | Nathaniel Teamer v. Scott Lewis, Warden | 2018-09-14 | Paid | Denied | Scott Lewis, et al. | Donald John Zelenka |
| 18-238 | South Carolina v. Lamont Antonio Samuel | 2018-08-23 | Paid | Denied | State of South Carolina | William Edgar Salter III |
| 18-145 | Stepheno Jemain Alston v. South Carolina | 2018-07-31 | Paid | Denied | South Carolina | Mark Reynolds Farthing |
| 24A723 | Marion Bowman, Jr. v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. | A | Denied | Bryan Stirling, et al. | William Joseph Maye | |
| 24A409 | Richard Bernard Moore v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections | A | Denied | Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections | Melody Jane Brown |