SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

PETITIONS

Decided by the Court in Conference: 18 August 2005

{Posted on the Internet Web Site: 19 August 2005 at 11:30 a.m.}

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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
005P05   Ricky Whitehead, both individually and on behalf of other similarly situated persons v. Sparrow Enterprise, Inc. d/b/a Labor Finders   1. Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-208)

2. Plt's Motion for Temporary Stay

 

1. Denied

2. Denied  

007P05

 
Roy C. Hyman on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated persons v. Efficiency, Inc. d/b/a Trojan Labor   1. Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-246)

2. Plt's Motion for Temporary Stay

 

1. Denied

2. Denied  

058A02-4   State v. Travis Levance Walters   Def's Motion to Consolidate Appeals   See Special Order  
094P05-2   State v. James Daryl Walker   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-978)   Denied  
107P05   State v. James Antonio Murchison   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1650)   Denied  
115A04   State v. Scott David Allen   1. Def's Motion to Amend Record on Appeal and Permit Filing of Supplemental Argument

2. AG's Motion to File Supplemental Argument  

1. Allowed
07/18/05

2. Allowed
07/18/05  

119P00-8   State v. Wayne Thomas Johnson   Def's Pro Se Motion for PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COAP03-324)   Dismissed  
122P04-2   State v. Milton Leroy Lawrence   Def's Pro Se Motion for “Petitioner for Discretionary Review Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31(c)” (COA03-386)
 
Dismissed  
125P05-2   State v. James Edwards Williams   1. Defs' Pro Se Motion for Application for Stay Pending Federal Writ of Certiorari

2. Defs' Pro Se Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis  

1. Denied
07/19/05

2. Allowed
07/19/05  

130A03   State v. Quintel Martinez Augustine   Def's Motion for Appropriate Relief   Denied  
130A03   State v. Augustine   Def's Motion to Hold Decision Pending U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in Kansas v. Marsh   Denied  
162P05   Daniel Zbytniuk v. ABF Freight Systems, Inc. (f/k/a Cardinal Freight Carriers), Self- Insured   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-118)

 

See Special Order
05/04/05  
165A84-6   State v. Charles Gene Rogers   1. Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

2. Def's Pro Se Motion for Stenographic Transcripts

3. Def's Pro Se Motion to Dismiss

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

1. Denied
08/05/05

2. Denied
08/05/05

3.Denied
08/05/05

4. Allowed
08/05/05  

183A04   State v. Robert Thomas Little   1. Def's Second Motion for Appropriate Relief

2. Def's NOA Based Upon a Dissent  

1. Allowed

2. Dismissed as moot  

195P05   Rhonda E. Holden v. John Alan Holden   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-146)   Denied  
200A99-2   State v. Allen Richard Holman, Sr.   Def's PWC to Review the Order of the Superior Court   Denied  
203P05-2   State v. William Derbeck   Def's Pro Se Motion to Preserve Evidence in Court's Custody   Dismissed  
223P05   State v. Reggie L. Smith   1. Def's Pro Se Motion for NOA

2. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP04-854)

3. Def's Pro Se Motion for “Petition for Writ of Coram Nobis”

4. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal

 

1. ---

2. Dismissed

3. Denied

4. Allowed  

228P04   In the Matter of: D.M.H., Jr., A Minor Child   Petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration   See Special Order  
232P05   HSI North Carolina, LLC, d/b/a Hughes Supply, Inc. v. Diversified Fire Protection of Wilmington, Inc., John W. Wheeler, III, N.C. Monroe Construction Co., and Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America   1. Defs' (N.C. Monroe Construction Co. and Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America) Motion for Temporary Stay (COA04-678)

2. Defs' (N.C. Monroe Construction Co. and Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America) Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. Defs' (NC Monroe Construction Co. and Travelers Casualty and Surety Co.) PDR

4. Motion by Amicus Curiae (The Carolinas Branch Associated General Contractors of America) for Leave to File Brief

 

1. Allowed
05/10/05
Dissolved the Stay
08/18/05

2. Denied

3. Denied

4. Dismissed as moot  

235P05   John Earle “Dan” Skinner and Joy Skinner v. Richard W. Furman, M.D. , and Watauga Surgical Group, P.A.   Plts' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-236)   Denied  
239P05-2   State v. Harold Boyd, Jr.   1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA04-216)

2. Def's Pro Se MAR to Add to the PWC  

1. Denied

2. Denied  

240P05   Griselda Gutierrez v. GDX Automotive, Employer, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Comp. , Carrier   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-415)

 

Denied  
243P05   State v. Carlton P. Johnson   1. Def's NOA Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03-1123)

2. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31

3. AG's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

246P05   Stacy Cunningham v. James Riley, Sr., In His Capacity as a Mecklenburg County Deputy Sheriff, James Pendergraph, Sheriff of Mecklenburg County   1. Plt's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA04-806)

2. Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31

3. Def's Motion to Dismiss Appeal  

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed  

253P05   State v. Johnny Paulino, Defendant, and Aegis Security Insurance Company, Surety   1. Surety's (Aegis Security Ins. Co.) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-749)

2. Respondent's (Guilford County Board of Education) Motion to Deny PDR  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot  

254P05   State v. Ernestor Zuniga Banuelos, and Aegis Security Insurance Company, Surety   1. Petitioner's (Aegis Security Ins. Co.) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-748)

2. Respondent's (Guilford County Board of Education) Motion to Deny PDR  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot  

257A05   Vonda Kay Brown v. The Kroger Co., Continental Casualty Insurance Co. Carrier   1. Def's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA04-577

2. Plt's Motion to Dismiss Appeal

3. Defs' Motion to Hold NOA in Abeyance

4. Defs' Second Motion to Hold NOA in Abeyance

5. Def's Motion to Strike

6. Def's Motion to Amend NOA

 

1. ---


2. Allowed

3. Allowed
06/03/05

4. Allowed
07/06/05

5. Dismissed as moot

6. Dismissed as moot  

258P05   Hoat Piper, Employee, Plaintiff v. AMP, Inc. Employer, The Travelers, Carrier, Defendants   1. Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-217)

2. Defs' Conditional PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot  

260P05   State v. Charles C. Moore   Def's Pro Se Petition for “Further Review of the Opinion” of the COA (COA04-562)
 
Denied  
267P05   State v. Michael R. Lay   Def's PWC to Review Order of COA (COAP05-278)   Denied  
269P05   State v. Wade Carter   Def's Pro Se Motion for NOA (COAP05-424)   Dismissed ex mero motu  
271P05   Commission of Labor of the State of N.C. v. Weekley Homes, L.P. d/b/a David Weekley Homes   1. Petitioner's NOA Based Upon a Constitutional Question (COA03- 1634)

2. Petitioner's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31

3. Respondent's Motion to Dismiss Appeal

4. Conditional Motion by the National Association of Home Builders and the N.C. Home Builders Assoc. For Leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief

5.Conditional Motion by the N.C. Association of Defense Attorneys for Leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief

6. Conditional Motion by the N.C. Citizens for Business and Industry and Carolinas Associated General Contractors for Leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief

7. Conditional Motion by Capital Associated Industries for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief

8. Respondent's Motion to Amend Motion to Dismiss Appeal

 

1. ---

2. Denied

3. Allowed

4. Dismissed as moot

5. Dismissed as moot

6. Dismissed as moot

7. Dismissed as moot

8. Allowed
06/06/05
 

278P05   State v. William Van Trusell   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-704)   Denied  
284P04-2   State v. Jonathan B. Mallwitz   Def's Pro Se Motion for “Notice of Appeal and Certiorari” (COAP04- 336)   Dismissed  
286P05   State v. Christopher Rascoe   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-1318)   Denied  
299P05   State v. Tyrone Edward Cheek   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-998)   Denied  
303P05   State v. Ricky Andrews   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA02-691)   Denied  
304P05   Reid A. Page, Jr. and wife, Mary Ann Page v. Bald Head Association, James E. Wilson, Judy Brawner, Karen Christian, Dale Georgiade, Jack Nichols, and Bill Waddell, Sr., in their Official Capacity as Directors of Bald Head Association   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-649)

 

Denied  
312P05   State v. Reynaldo H. Ochoa and Aegis Security Insurance Company   1. Surety's (Aegis Security Ins. Co.) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-939)

2. Respondent's (Randolph County Board of Education) Motion to Deny Petition  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot  

315P05   Amanda Gay Hayes, Employee, Plaintiff v. Tractor Supply Company, Employer and Kemper Insurance Company, Carrier, Defendants   Plts' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-553)   Denied  
317P05   In the Matter of: B.D., Minor Child   1. Petitioner's (Buncombe County DSS) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31(COA03-1599)

2. Respondent's (Parents) Motion to Dismiss PDR
 

1. See Special Order

2. See Special Order  

321P05-2   Sandra D. Lynch v. Brock, Scott & Ingersoll, PLLC   Plt's Pro Se Petition for Extraordinary Writs of Certiorari Pursuant to Article V: Rule 21(a) (2) (COA05-382)   Denied  
322P05   State v. Michael E. Lewis   Def's Pro Se PDR (COAP05-234)   Dismissed  
323P05   State v. Nathaniel Leggett   Def's Pro Se Motion for PDR   Dismissed  
324P05   State v. Eberardo Lopez and Aegis Security Insurance Company   Surety's (Aegis Security Insurance Co.) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-565)   Denied  
325P05   State v. Javier Rodriguez a/k/a Juan Doe, and Aegis Security Insurance Company   Surety's (Aegis Security Insurance Co.) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-566)   Denied  
326P05   State v. Michael Hamilton Threadgill   Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus   Denied  
328P05   United States Cold Storage, Inc. v. City of Lumberton   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-857)   Denied  
329P05   Anna Young v. Prancing Horse, Inc. and Ronnie Meltzer   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-727)   Allowed  
330P05   In the Matter of A.D.L., J.S.L., and C.L.L.   Respondent's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1333)   Denied  
332P05   State v. Roger Wayne Edwards   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-668)   Denied  
339P05   Tony Ray Smith v. Staci Day Barbour, and Bilal Kanawati   1. Def's (Staci Day Barbour) NOA Based Upon A Constitutional Question (COA04-792 & COA04- 1144)

2. Def's (Staci Day Barbour) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-792 and COA04-1144)  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied  

341P05   State v. Johnny Lee Reed   1. Def's Pro Se Motion for NOA (COAP04-424)

2. Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Corum Vobis  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied  

342P04-2   Keith Kegley and Kimber Kegley, Cecil Hammonds and Maggie Hammonds, and Chadwick J. McKeown v. City of Fayetteville   1. Petitioners' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-1123)

2. Respondent's Conditional PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot

Brady, J. Recused  

343P04   Home Builders Assoc. of Fayetteville, et al v. City of Fayetteville   Motion for stay by Plaintiff-Appellant (COAP04-571)   Allowed
07/13/05 Stay Dissolved
08/18/05  
343P05   Durham County Land Owners Association, an unincorporated association , Anderson Homes, Inc., Cimarron Capital, Inc., et al v. County of Durham   1. Plt's PDR Prior to Determination by the COA (COA05-736)

2. Def's Conditional PDR Prior to Determination  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot  

344P05   Kathryn P. Cook v. Loggerhead, Inc., (Employer) and Harbor Specialty Insurance Co. (Carrier), and Interstate Insurance Service Group, (Third Party Administrator)   Defs' (Loggerhead, Inc. and Interstate Insurance Service Group) PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-910)   Denied  
345P05   Sandra D. Lynch v. Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice   1. Plt's Pro Se Motion for NOA (COA05-602)

2. Plt's Pro Se motion for PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (c)  

1. Dismissed ex mero motu

2. Denied  

347P98-4   State v. Sidney J. Patton   Def's Pro Se PDR and NOA   Dismissed  
350A95-4   State v. William Britt Reeves   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review Order of Forsyth County Superior Court   Dismissed  
350P05   State v. Harry Holmes, Jr.   Def's Pro Se PWC   Dismissed  
353P05   Hockney & Associates by: Glenn I. Hockney v. C. Preston Cornelius, A.K.A. Preston Cornelius, Clarence Preston Cornelius and wife Marsha H. Cornelius, A.K.A. Marsha Cornelius, Marsha Howard Cornelius   Plt's Motion to be Removed from Case No. 93CVD19 the Voluntary Contracts and Re-Judicata Judgments of C. Preston Cornelius & Spouse and filed in the above case with a new caption   Dismissed
07/06/05  
355P05   State v. Jeffrey Lee Cates   1. Def's Pro Se PWC to Review Order of COA (COAP05-435)

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

1. Denied

2. Allowed  

358P05   State v. Samuel D. Richardson   Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Certiorari to Review the Order of the COA (COAP05-474)   Dismissed  
360P05   Donald Sullivan v. Walter D. Massingill and his wife, Angela; et al   Plt's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COA05-387)   Denied  
361P05   Gates Four Homeowners Association, Inc. v. City of Fayetteville   1. Proposed Intervenor Petitioners' PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-1202)

2. Respondent's Conditional PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot

Brady, J. Recused  

363P05   Herman L. Dobson, Jr. v. Theodis Beck, Secretary of Prison   Petitioner's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus   Denied
07/12/05  
366P05   Home Builders Association of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Inc., James Edward Graves, Jim Graves and Associates, Inc., John McNatt Gillis, Gillis Development Corporation,Inc., et al v. City of Fayetteville   1. Plts'-Appellants' PDR

2. Def's (City of Fayetteville) Conditional PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed as moot  

Brady, J. Recused

369P05   Eda Hofstead Cabaniss, James and Kalen Haun, et al v. Deutshe Bank Securities, Inc., et al   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-530)   Denied  
372P05   Michael Rankins v. J. Richard Parker   Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus   Denied  
373P05   Shawn M. Reeves v. Yellow Transportation, Inc. and Employment Security Commission of N.C.   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-1140)   Denied  
376P02-3   State v. Robert Wayne Stanley   Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus   Denied
07/07/05  
378P05   State v. Tarvaris Novak Mickens   1. Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31 (COA04-960)

2. Def's Alternative PWC to Review the Decision of the COA  

1. Denied

2. Denied  

380P05   Ferrel-Benjamin Gibbs v. District Court Judge William Daisy   Plt's Pro Se Motion for Appeal from the Order of the COA (COAP03-523) of June 22, 2005   Denied  
387P05   State v. Earl James Watson   1. Def's Petition for Writ of Mandamus (COA05-206)

2. Def's PWC to Review the Order of the COA  

1. Denied

2. Dismissed  

389P05   State v. Kenneth Wayne Goforth   Def's PWC to Review the Decision of the COA (COA04-608)   Denied  
389PA04   State v. Christopher Nathaniel Jones   1. Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus

2. Def's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus  

1. Denied

2. Denied  

390P05   Emily M. Armstrong, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem G. Bryan Collins, Jr. and Sandra Armstrong and William Earl Armstrong v. James A. Barnes, Jr., M.D., Newton Women's Care, P.A., Catawba Memorial Hospital, Inc., and Catawba Valley Medical Care Center, Inc.   1. Def's (James A. Barnes, Jr., M.D.) Motion for Temporary Stay (COA04- 300)

2. Def's (James A. Barnes, Jr., M.D.) Petition for Writ of Supersedeas  

1. Denied
07/28/05

2. Denied
07/28/05  

391A04-2   Gail M. Myers, Ancillary Administratrix of the Estate of Darryl Myers v. Shirley McGrady, et al and Shirley McGrady, et al v. N.C. Division of Forest Resources, et al   1. Third-Party Def's NOA (Dissent)

2. Third-Party Def's PDR as to Additional Issues (COA04-973)  

1. ---

2. Allowed  

392P05   State v. Doan Van Nguyen   Def's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-538)   Denied  
396P05   Anthony Payne Siler v. Ripley Rand, Resident Superior Court Judge   Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus   Denied
08/05/05  
400P05   State v. Daniel Wayne Mize   Def's PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COA05-359)   Denied  
402A00-3   State v. Terry Alvin Hyatt   Def's Motion for Extension of Time to File PWC   Allowed
07/15/05  
403P05   Michael Bryant Hood v. Hon. Renae Hunt   1. Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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

1. Denied

2. Allowed  

404P05   Kwame Anane v. Wake County, N.C.   Plt's Pro Se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus   Denied
08/03/05  
407P05   State v. Michael Lee Duff   1. AG's Motion for Temporary Stay (COA04-1241)

2. AG's Petition for Writ of Supersedeas

3. AG's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A- 31  

1. Denied
08/09/05

2. Denied


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3. Denied  
427A94-2   State v. Alden Jerome Harden   Def's Motion to Extend Time to File and Serve the Petition for Writ of Certiorari   Allowed
07/15/05  
430P05   State v. Benji Collins   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review Order of Craven County Superior Court   Dismissed  
505P00-3   State v. Timothy L. Hill   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of Rutherford County Superior Court   Denied  
516P04-3   William S. Mills, as Guardian ad Litem for Alex Pitts; Melissa Pitts; and Jeff Pitts v. Richard Dwane, M.D.; Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC; and Duke University   1. Def's PWC to Review Order of COA (COA04-1538)

2. Def's Petition for Order Recognizing Automatic Stay

 

1. Denied

2. Allowed
01/18/05
Dissolved the Stay
08/18/05  

540P00-4   State v. Ernest Junior Thames   Def's Pro Se PWC to Review the Order of the COA (COAP05-333)   Denied  
550A03   State v. Jathiyah Abdur-Rahman Al- Bayyinah   Def's Motion to Stay Decision Pending the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in Oregon v. Guzek   Denied  
564A99-2   State v. Abner Ray Nicholson   1. Def's PWC to Review Order of Superior Court

2. Def's Pro Se Motion for Inclusion of Affidavit

3. Def's Motion to Hold the Case in Abeyance Pending the Resolution of the Claim of Mental Retardation

4. Def's Motion for Date Certain to Respond to Court Order Denying Claims of Mental Retardation and to Amend Petition for Writ of Certiorari

5. Def's Motion for Expedited Ruling on Motion for Date Certain to Respond to Court Order Denying Claim of Mental Retardation and to Amend Petition for Writ of Certiorari

6. The ARC of North Carolina's Motion for Leave to be Allowed to File Amicus Curiae Brief

7. Def's Pro Se Motion to Cease Appeals
 

1. Denied

2. Dismissed
02/05/04

3. Allowed
02/05/04

4. See Special Order
04/29/05

5. See Special Order
04/29/05

6. Dismissed

7. Denied  

580P04   Tracy M. Ellis v. International Harvester Company, et al   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA04-1114)   Allowed  
603P03-3   Waymare Billups v. Theodis Beck; Boyd Bennett; Jennifer Langley; Walter G. Edwards, Jr.   1. Plt's Pro Se Motion for “Sentencing Protection”

2. Plt's Pro Se Motion for “Post - Booker”

 

1. Dismissed

2. Dismissed

 

628P04   Department of Transportation v. Haywood County   Plt's PDR Under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 (COA03-1479)   Allowed  
640P04-2   Lester Daniel Bryson and John Frank Bowen v. State Attorney General Roy Cooper and State Superior Court Judges Robert P. Johnston and Forrest D. Bridges   1. Plts' Pro Se Motion for “Petition for Ruling on Discretionary Review or Rule to Show Cause Why Not and Motion to Compel”

2. Plt's Pro Se Motion to Restrain and to Compel in the Above Styled Case  

1. Dismissed

2. Dismissed  

669P03   State v. Tony Robert Jones   1. Def's Pro Se Motion for PDR (COAP05-329)

2. Def's Pro Se Motion to Amend PDR

 

1. Dismissed

2. Allowed