MAY v. COLEMAN

No. 96-SC-634-MR.

945 S.W.2d 426 (1997)

James MAY, Appellant, v. Eddy COLEMAN, Judge, Pike Circuit Court, Appellee, and Commonwealth of Kentucky; John Barton; William Happy Coleman; Vernon Coleman; City of Pikeville; David Caudill; Paul Isaacs; William Spicer; and Unknown Defendants, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James May, Burgin, pro se.

Eddy Coleman, Pikeville, pro se.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Frankfort, Russell H. Davis, Jr., Baird, Baird, Baird & Jones, Pikeville, John Barton, Paintsville, William Happy Coleman, Washington, DC, for Real Parties in Interest.


COOPER, Justice.

Appellant, an inmate at Northpoint Training Center, has brought a civil action in the Pike Circuit Court against various government officials and entities. He filed a motion requesting the presiding judge, Respondent Eddy Coleman, to appoint another inmate, John E. Reneer, as a "lay assistant" to assist Appellant in the prosecution of that action. When Judge Coleman denied the motion, Appellant petitioned the Court of Appeals for a Writ of Mandamus...

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