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GRETHEN v. ROBINSON

Record No. 161417.

806 S.E.2d 406 (2017)

Mark A. GRETHEN v. Arnold David ROBINSON, Chief of Corrections Operations, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Hanna ( Robert W. Loftin ; McGuireWoods, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

Matthew R. McGuire , Assistant Solicitor General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General; Stuart A. Raphael , Solicitor General; Trevor S. Cox , Deputy Solicitor General, on brief), for appellees.

PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Goodwyn, Mims, McClanahan, Powell, and McCullough, JJ., and Koontz, S.J.

OPINION BY JUSTICE STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH

Mark A. Grethen, an inmate, challenges the trial court's determination that he could not proceed in forma pauperis with his petition for a writ of mandamus. We conclude that he should have been afforded in forma pauperis status under Code § 8.01-691 and, accordingly, we will reverse the trial court's judgment.

BACKGROUND

Grethen is an inmate in the Virginia Department of Corrections...

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