BISHOP v. McCOY

No. 16328.

323 S.E.2d 140 (1984)

Gregory Scott BISHOP v. W. Joseph McCOY, Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Corrections; Manfred Holland, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary; Jerry Hedrick, Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center; and Frank Phares, Deputy Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges and Philip Briganti, Beckley, for petitioner.

John Ernest Shank, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.


McHUGH, Chief Justice:

In this mandamus action, the petitioner, Gregory Scott Bishop, an inmate in this State's correctional system, challenges the conditions of his protective custody. The respondents include the Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Corrections, the Warden of the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville and the Warden and Deputy Warden of the West Virginia Medium Security Prison at Huttonsville...

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