STATE v. MERRIFIELD

No. 25190.

510 S.E.2d 797 (1998)

203 W.Va. 723

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. STEVEN MICHAEL M., an Infant Under the Age of 18 Years, Petitioner, v. Honorable Rodney B. MERRIFIELD, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marion County; the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; and The New Hope Treatment Center, Charleston, South Carolina, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Sean Murphy, Murphy & Fitz, Morgantown, West Virginia, Attorney for the Petitioner.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Dawn Warfield, Deputy Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Judge Merrifield.

Barbara L. Baxter, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.


PER CURIAM:

This matter was brought pursuant to the original jurisdiction of this Court as a habeas corpus and prohibition proceeding. The relator, Steven Michael M. (hereinafter referred to as "Steven M."), seeks a writ of habeas corpus against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR)1 and New Hope Treatment Center (NHTC)2 on the ground...

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