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West Virginia Prisoners Can’t use State FOIA for Discovery in State Habeas Actions

Loaded on July 15, 2008

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records, Discovery, Habeas Corpus. Location: West Virginia.

Roger Wyant and Lorenzo Valentine (Prisoners), both West Virginia state prisoners, challenged their criminal convictions through state Habeas Corpus actions. They sued in State Court to compel a county clerk to provide them with court documents relevant to their Habeas actions, Wyant under the state Freedom of Information Act (WVFOIA), ...

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