STIDHAM v. CLARK

No. 2000-SC-0968-MR.

74 S.W.3d 719 (2002)

Michael A. STIDHAM, Appellant, v. Thomas L. CLARK, Judge, Fayette Circuit Court, Appellee, and Dr. Edwin Bunch; Ray Larson, Commonwealth Attorney, Fayette County, Kentucky; and Cynthia T. Rieker, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Fayette County, Kentucky (Real Parties in Interest), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Burl McCoy, John Kevin West, Tonya S. Conner, McCoy & West, Lexington, Counsel for Appellant.

Thomas L. Clark, Lexington, Counsel for Appellee Thomas L. Clark, Judge, Fayette Circuit Court.

Reuben G. Walker, Jr., Walker, Emmons, Shannon & Baird, P.S.C., Richmond, Counsel for Real Party in Interest Appellee Dr. Edwin Bunch.

Raymond Larson, Commonwealth Attorney, Lexington, Counsel for Real Party in Interest Appellee Ray Larson, Commonwealth Attorney, Fayette County, Kentucky.

Cynthia T. Rieker, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Fayette County, Lexington, Counsel for Real Party in Interest Appellee Cynthia T. Rieker, Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Fayette County, Kentucky.


COOPER, Justice.

Appellant Michael A. Stidham appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of prohibition filed against Appellee Thomas L. Clark, Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court, to prohibit him from authorizing the release to a Fayette County grand jury of records pertaining to Appellant's treatment by Dr. Edwin Bunch, a licensed psychiatrist. The Court of Appeals denied the petition in a one-sentence order that...

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