PARNELL v. SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA

No. 96-1245.

110 F.3d 1077 (1997)

Albert H. PARNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA; West Virginia State Bar, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael Edward Hutchins, Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, GA, for Appellant. John M. Hedges, Byrne & Hedges, Morgantown, WV, for Appellee Court of Appeals; Robert Mason Steptoe, Jr., Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, West Virginia, for Appellee State Bar. ON BRIEF: Thomas G. Tidwell, Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, GA, for Appellant. Lori A. Dawkins, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, WV, for Appellee State Bar.

Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge MOTZ joined.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

A lawyer appearing pro hac vice in West Virginia must be sponsored by a member of that state's bar who practices law on a daily basis from an office located in West Virginia. Albert H. Parnell, a Georgia lawyer who is also licensed in West Virginia, appeals the district court's decision that West Virginia...

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