SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

PETITIONS

Decided by the Court in Conference: 6 May 2004

{Posted on the Internet Web Site: 6 May 2004 at 11:10 a.m.}

COMMON ABBREVIATIONS (Click here for archived petitions)
Abbreviation Full Term
PWC Petition for Writ of Certiorari
MAR Motion for Appropriate Relief
COA North Carolina Court of Appeals
MTS Motion for Temporary Stay
Def Defendant
NOA Notice of Appeal
Plt Plaintiff
PDR Petition for Discretionary Review
Cert Certiorari
AG Attorney General



007P04   State v. Howard Thomas Ogles   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-83)   Denied  
010A94-5   State v. George Earl Goode, Jr.   1. Def's Motion for Stay

2. Def's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas  

1. Denied
04/21/04

2. Denied
04/21/04  

014P04   State v. Darrick Lamonte King   1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the Superior Court

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis  

1. Dismissed

2. Allowed  

018P04   State v. Anthony Loan Jones   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA02-1739)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31

3. State's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. - - -

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

021P04   University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Petitioner v. Martin Feinstein, Respondent
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Petitioner v. Howard Gorman, Respondent
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North Carolina State University, Petitioner v. Pearl A. Wilkins, Respondent  
1. Respondent's (Martin Feinstein) Pro Se PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-225)

2. Respondents' (Howard Gorman and Pearl A. Wilkins) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Denied

2. Denied  

023P04   State v. Michael Lamont Mack   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-176)   Denied

Orr, J., recused  

032P04   State v. Rudolph Jerome Williams   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA02-1508)   Denied  
038P04   Katrina Letress Griffis v. Patricia Joyce Lazarovich, John Edward Lazarovich and Cassandra Michelle Leak   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-181)   Denied  
039P04   State v. John Edward McCollum   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-63)   Denied  
048P04   Lorraine Keener, William McMillen and wife, Mildred McMillen, Fred Forsyth and wife, Teddy Forsyth, Frank Dawson and wife, Penelope L. Dawson, Jimmy Goodman, and Jane Moore v. William Arnold and wife, Sharon Arnold   Plts' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA02-145)   Denied  
056P04   Eddie Taylor Knott, Lee Edward Knott, and Henry Knott, II v. Dixie-Denning Supply Company   Plts' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-159)   Denied  
059P04   Gwendolyn W. Phillips v. Marilyn Owenby Ledford, and George Richard Owenby, as Co- Administrators of the Estate of Benjamin Jay Owenby, et al.   1. Plt's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA02-1605)

2. Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied  

063P04   State v. Melissa Yvette Snow   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-28)   Denied

Orr, J., recused  

065P04   State v. Edward Anderson   Def's Pro Se PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-544)   Denied  
067P04   Vivica McIntyre, Petitioner v. Forsyth County Department of Social Services, Respondent   Petitioner's (Robert Winfrey) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA02- 1301)   Denied  
074P04   Charlene R. Headley, as Administratrix of the Estate of Larry Stephen Headley v. Jennifer Lynn Williams   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-284)   Denied  
079PA04   In the Matter of: R.T.W. D.O.B. 5/4/01   Respondent's PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COA03- 1302)   Allowed  
084P04   State v. Anthony Fernando Matthews   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA02-1690)   Denied  
085P04   Bernard Scarborough v. Dillard's, Inc., formerly Dillard Department Stores, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-358)   Denied  
086P04   Rod N. Santomassimo, Co- Administrator CTA of the Estate of Anthony W. Cullen v. Valley Forge Life Insurance Company, CNA Life Insurance Company, Moneymetrics Insurance Agency, Inc., Piedmont Carolinas Group, LLC, and Mark C. Flur   1. Defs' (Valley Forge Life Ins. Co. and CNA Life Ins. Co.) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA02-1328)

2. Motion by N.C. Citizens for Business and Industry and the N.C. Association of Defense Attorneys for Leave to File Amicus Curiae

3. Motion of the American Council of Life Insurers for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Petitioners  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot

3. Dismissed as moot  

090P04   In the Matter of: Karina Marin Canseco, a minor child   Petitioner's (Forsyth County Department of Social Services) and Guardian ad Litem's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-206)   Denied  
091P04   Charles E. Finkel v. Karol Finkel   1. Def's PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA02-1456)

2. Plt's Motion to Dismiss PDR  

1. Denied
04/01/04

2. Dismissed as moot  

100P04   Harvey P. Short, Petitioner v. Judy H. Sills, Office Manager, N.C. Department of Correction, Respondent   Petitioner's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus

 

Denied  
103P04   State v. Jimmy Lawrence Shue   1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31
(COA03-133)

4. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the COA  

1. Denied

2. Denied

3. Denied

4. Denied  

104P04   State v. Alvin Terrill Foster, Jr.   1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-348)  

1. Allowed
03/05/04

2. Allowed

3. Allowed  

110P04   State v. Jimmy Fitzgerald Smith   1. Def's NOA Based on a Constitutional Question (COA03-299)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied  

111P04   State v. Ludy Fernando Escoto and Jose Luis Ramos   Def's (Ludy Fernando Escoto) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-70)   Denied  
112P04   Marvin Fabrikant and wife, Patricia A. Fabrikant, MPF Investment Company, L.P., Arthur C. Smith III, and Arthur C. Smith III Revocable Trust v. Currituck County, a North Carolina body politic and corporate, et al.   Plts' PDR Prior to Determination by the COA (COA04-250)   Denied  
113A04   Jacqueline Jones v. Lake Hickory R.V. Resort, Inc.   1. Plt's NOA Based Upon a Dissent

2. Plt's PDR as to Additional Issues (COA02-1114)

3. Def's PDR as to Additional Issues  

1. - - -

2. Denied

3. Denied  

121P04   State v. Mitchell Danyell Banks   Def's Pro Se PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-322)   Denied  
125P04-2   State v. Johnny A. Fox   1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA02-886)

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

3. Def's Pro Se Motion to Appoint Counsel  

1. Dismissed

2. Allowed

3. Denied  

128P04   Resort Realty of the Outer Banks, Inc. v. Volker Brandt and Eva Brandt   Defs' Pro Se Motion to Respond to Response to PDR   Dismissed as moot  
138P04   State v. Jeffrey Allen Jacobs   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-136)   Denied

Orr, J., recused  

139A04   State v. Jerry Wayne Sharpe   Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03-366)   Dismissed ex mero motu  
145P04   Jerry Bernard Jackson v. L.G. Sell and J.E. Kelly   Plt's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP03-490)   Denied  
148P04   State v. George William Blackwell, Sr.   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA03-199)   Denied  
149P04   State v. David Lee Turner   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP04-4)   Denied  
150P04   State v. Jeffery B. Lineberger   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP04-42)   Dismissed  
152P04   State v. William Beach Smith   Defendant-Appellant's PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP04-129)   Dismissed

Orr, J., recused  

153P04   William H. Sykes v. Moss Trucking, Inc., et al.   1. Plt's Pro Se PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-548)

2. Plt's Pro Se Motion for Suspension of Rules  

1. Denied

2. Denied  

156P04   North Carolina Farm Partnership, North Carolina Farm of Wise, L.L.C. and NCF Investments, L.L.C. v. Pig Improvement Company, Inc.   1. Def's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Def's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-328)  

1. Allowed
04/02/04

2.

3.  

157P04   N.C. Industrial Capital, LLC v. David Rushing and John Clayton, d/b/a West's Charlotte Metro Moving & Storage and West's Charlotte Transfer & Storage, Inc.   1. Def's (West's Charlotte Transfer & Storage, Inc.) Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Def's (West's Charlotte Transfer & Storage, Inc.) Petition for Writ of Supersedeas  

1. Denied
04/06/04

2. ---
04/06/04  

158P04   Jane Doe 1, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for John Doe 1, minor child, et al. v. Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center, N.C. Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, et al.   1. Defs' (Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center and N.C. Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-416)

2. Defs' (Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center and N.C. Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) Motion for Temporary Stay

3. Defs' (Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center and N.C. Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) Petition for Writ of Supersedeas Under Rule 23  

1. Denied
04/15/04

2. Dismissed
04/15/04

3. Dismissed
04/15/04  

160P04   Aaron L. Green and Mildred Green Pate v. Polly Pate Wilson, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Wadell H. Pate, et al.   1. Defs' (Polly Pate Wilson, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Wadell H. Pate, Janet Pate Holmes, and Darien Pate) NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03-714)

2. Defs' (Polly Pate Wilson, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Wadell H. Pate, Janet Pate Holmes, and Darien Pate) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Allowed  

165P04   Joseph Michael Guarascio v. New Hanover Health Network, Inc., et al.   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-492)   Denied  
167P04   Elizabeth Ward v. Sloop Memorial Hospital   Plt's PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP04-192)   Denied  
173P04   State v. Roy Eugene Bryant   1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA02-1706)

4. AG's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31
 

1. Allowed Pending Determination of the State's PDR
04/19/04

2.

3.

4.  

177P04   State v. Jeffrey Glenn McDuffie   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP03-1075)   Dismissed  
179A04   State v. Darren William Dennison   1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's NOA Based Upon a Dissent (COA02-1512)  

1. Allowed
04/19/04

2.

3.  

190P04   State v. Randall Hayden Hughes   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA02-1207)   Denied  
191P04   State v. Melvin Wayne Beck   1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-466)  

1. Allowed
04/26/04

2.

3.  

192A04   State v. David Franklin Hurt   1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's PWC

3. AG's NOA Based Upon a Dissent (COA03-26)  

1. Allowed
04/27/04

2. Allowed
04/27/04

3. ---  

296A03   In the Matter of: T.R.B.   Respondent's (T.R.B.) Motion to Dismiss the State's Appeal Regarding the Probation Condition Issue for Mootness   Dismissed as moot  
392A03
358A03  
Lynetta Draughon, Administratrix of the Estate of Max Draughon, Deceased v. Harnett County Board of Education, and Barry Honeycutt, Jackie Samuels, Stephen Ausley, Jason Spell, Anthony Barbour, Perry Saenz, Don Wilson, Jr., Raymond McCall, and Brian Strickland, in their Individual and Official Capacities   Plt's Petition for Rehearing   Denied  
595P01-2   John Malloy, d/b/a The Dogwood Gun Club v. Roy Cooper, Attorney General for the State of North Carolina, et al.   1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA00-898-2)

4. Plt's Conditional PDR Under N.C.G.S. 7A-31

5. AG's NOA

6. Plt's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. Allowed
03/09/04
Stay dissolved
05/06/04

2. Denied

3. Denied

4. Dismissed as moot

5. - - -

6. Allowed  

600P03-2   Ellen Fernandes v. Martin L. Herring   1. Defendant-Appellant's Motion for Temporary Stay

2. Defendant-Appellant's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas  

1. Denied
04/13/04

2. Denied
04/13/04  

649A03   State of N.C. ex rel. Utilities Commission Public Staff - N.C. Utilities Commission, Attorney General Roy Cooper, et al. v. Carolina Power & Light Company, et al.   Motion by Edison Electric Institute for Admission of Attorney Steven J. Ross Pro Hac Vice   Allowed
04/21/04  
653P03   Bennie Jay Eatmon v. Town of Bailey, et al.   1. Plt's Pro Se Reconsideration Motion From Denial on Appeal of Court of Appeals

2. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Rehear Denial En Banc (Reconsideration Motion From Denial on Appeal of North Carolina Court of Appeals)

3. Plt's Pro Se Motion for Reconsideration From Denial on Appeal of Court of Appeals

4. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Voluntarily Withdraw Reconsideration Motion From Denial of Appeal (From Wilson)

5. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Voluntarily Withdraw Reconsideration Motion From Denial of Appeal Petition to Rehear

6. Plt's Motion to Voluntarily Withdraw Petition to Rehear Appeal (En Banc)  

1. Dismissed
04/01/04

2. Dismissed
04/01/04

3. Dismissed
04/01/04

4. Dismissed
04/01/04

5. Dismissed
04/01/04

6. Dismissed as moot  

655P03   Kyle & Associates, Inc. v. Thomas Mahan and Michael Auten   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-131)   Allowed  
656P03   State v. Willard James Holbrooks, Sr.   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-251)   Denied  
657P03   Robert Taylor and Serina A. Taylor v. L.R. Gore, Nelson Soles, Soles and Walker, P.A., Bay Circle Realty, and Wilma Murphy   1. Def's (Gore) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-219)

2. Plts' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Denied

2. Denied  

658P03   State v. Larry Winton Doyle, Jr.   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03-94)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. - - -

2. Denied

3. Allowed