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Trina L. Janura v. John J. Janura, Jr.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, No. 20-0159 · judgment February 2, 2021


Certiorari denied · January 24, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Justices Menis E. Ketchum, Allen H. Loughry II, Margaret L. Workman and Elizabeth D. Walker of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, were all sent notice on November 7, 2016 (App. 683) of impending investigations and potential conflicts concerning judicial actions and impeachment. 1st Circuit Court Judge Ronald E. Wilson, appointed by West Virginia Supreme Court continually 2005-2018 to the Judicial Investigation Commission (JIC), was its chairman 2009-2018, with the authority to determine violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct, to discipline, and to nominate Disciplinary Counsel (App 603). Complaints were filed against all justices above and investigated by JDC and JIC (same entity). In September 2018 Judge Wilson was appointed Acting Justice to sit by temporary assignment in matters relating to the above justices; he was motioned to self-recuse but did not. Neither he nor the Supreme Court of West Virginia disclosed this action and the relationship between the courts to petitioner, nor self-recused, denying her right to fide objections to this conflict with her own case, where she filed motions/petitions in both circuit court with Judge Wilson and West Virginia’s Supreme Court -- where the other case was proceeding — concurrently. The questions presented are:

  1. Did the non-disclosure and non-recusal from either the circuit court or the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals both violate the petitioner’s rights under the a. Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? b. United States Code; Title 28, Chapter §455?

  2. Did the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Circuit Court Judge Ronald E. Wilson, and special

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Trina L. Janura

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 24 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 05 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
  3. Sep 18 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)
  4. Sep 18 2021
    Appendix of Trina L. Janura (Vols. 1-5) filed.