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DeVAULT v. NICHOLSON

No. 15528A.

296 S.E.2d 682 (1982)

Bonnie DeVAULT v. Edith NICHOLSON, Acting Supt., WVSPW.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

May 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Harless, Webster Jay Arceneaux, III, Charleston, for petitioner.

Richard S. Glaser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.

NEELY, Justice:

Bonnie DeVault and a majority of the inmates at the West Virginia Women's Prison at Pence Springs seek a writ of mandamus to compel the Department of Corrections to continue to operate the Women's Prison under W.Va.Code, 28-5C-1 [1947] et seq. Petitioners have been convicted of felonies in West Virginia courts. Respondents are the acting superintendent of the Women's Prison and the Commissioner...

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