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STATE EX REL. S.C. v. CHAFIN

No. 22090.

444 S.E.2d 62 (1994)

191 W.Va. 184

STATE of West Virginia, ex rel. S.C., Petitioner v. Gretchen Lewis CHAFIN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Resources; and James Kirby, Director, Laurel Park Pressley Ridge School, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Downey, Facilities Review Panel, Juvenile Justice Committee, Charleston, for petitioner.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Atty. Gen., Thomas M. Woodward, Deputy Atty. Gen., George P. Surmatis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents.

Jane Moran, Williamson, amicus curiae on behalf of S.C.

McHUGH, Justice:

In the case before this Court, the petitioner, S.C.,1 a juvenile, seeks a writ of habeas corpus and a writ of mandamus against the respondents, Gretchen Lewis Chafin, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Resources ("DHHR") and James Kirby, Director, Laurel Park Pressley Ridge School,2 to compel her release from Pressley Ridge and to require the...

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