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WILLIAMSON Mingo Circuit Judge Miki Thompson dismissed a writ of prohibition filed against Mingo Magistrate Judge Jim Harvey alleging erroneous rulings in a case.
The court found that Paul Lawson, the petitioner, who is also a named defendant in a case that gave rise to the writ of prohibition and was settled last month and that because the underlying matter was settled, the writ was moot, according to the April 8 court document.
Lawson noted in an April 5 court document that the underlying matter had been settled. Miki J. Thompson | courtswv.gov
The petition was originally filed on Feb. 12 alleging that Harvey had made erroneous rulings and abused his power in doing so.