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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA

Huntington Division

CASIE JO MCGEE and SARAH

ELIZABETH ADKINS; JUSTINMURDOCK and WILLIAM GLAVARIS;

and NANCY ELIZABETH MICHAEL and

JANE LOUISE FENTON,

individually and as next friends of A.S.M.,

minor child,

Plaintiffs,

v. Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-24068

Honorable Robert Chambers

KAREN S. COLE, in her official capacity asCABELL COUNTY CLERK; and VERA J.

MCCORMICK, in her official capacity as

KANAWHA COUNTY CLERK,

Defendants.

DEFENDANT VERA J. MCCORMICKS

MOTION TO DISMISS

COMES NOW, the Defendant Vera J. McCormick, in her official capacity as Kanawha

County Clerk, by counsel, Bailey & Wyant, PLLC, Charles R. Bailey and Michael W. Taylor,

pursuant to Rules 12(b)(1) and (6) of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and hereby moves this Court

to dismiss the Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief as filed against Defendant

McCormick on the basis of the doctrine of abstention and for Plaintiffs failure to state a claim upon

which relief may be granted.

WHEREFORE, based upon the reasoning set forth above, as well as in the

contemporaneously filed Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant Vera J. McCormicks

Motion to Dismiss, this Defendant prays this Court will enter an Order dismissing the Complaint

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for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief as filed against this Defendant, as well as grant her all other

relief deemed just and proper.

VERA J. MCCORMICK,

By Counsel,

/s/ Charles R. Bailey ____________

Charles R. Bailey (WV Bar #0202)

Michael W. Taylor (WV Bar #11715)

BAILEY &WYANT,PLLC

500 Virginia Street, East, Suite 600

Post Office Box 3710

Charleston, West Virginia 25337-3710

T: 304.345.4222

F: [email protected]

[email protected]


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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA

Huntington Division

CASIE JO MCGEE and SARAH

ELIZABETH ADKINS; JUSTINMURDOCK and WILLIAM GLAVARIS;

and NANCY ELIZABETH MICHAEL and

JANE LOUISE FENTON,

individually and as next friends of A.S.M.,

minor child,

Plaintiffs,

v. Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-24068

Honorable Robert Chambers

KAREN S. COLE, in her official capacity asCABELL COUNTY CLERK; and VERA J.

MCCORMICK, in her official capacity as

KANAWHA COUNTY CLERK,

Defendants.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFYthat a true and correct copy of foregoing ADEFENDANT VERA J.

MCCORMICKS MOTION TO DISMISS@was served upon the following parties through theCourt=s Electronic Case Filing (ECF) system on this day, Tuesday, November 26, 2013:

Camilla B. Taylor, Esq.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

105 West Adams, 26th Floor

Chicago, IL 60603-6208

Email Address: [email protected]

Attorney For: Plaintiffs

Elizabeth L. Littrell, Esq.


730 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 1070

Atlanta, GA 30308-1210




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John H. Tinney, Jr.

Heather D. Foster Kittredge, Esq.

The Tinney Law Firm, PLLC

707 Virginia Street, East, 14th Floor

P.O. Box 3752

Charleston, WV 25337Attorney For: Plaintiffs

Karen L. Loewy, Esq.


120 Wall Street, 19th Floor

New York, NY 10005-3904



Paul M. Smith

Lindsay C. HarrisonLuke C. Platzer

Jenner & Block

1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900

Washington, D.C. 20001-4412


Lee Murray Hall

Sarah A. Walling

Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC

P.O. Box 2688

Huntington, WV 25726-2688Attorney For: Karen S. Cole

Elbert Lin

Julie Ann Warren

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol Building 1, Room E-26

Charleston, WV 25305

Attorney For: State of West Virginia

/s/ Charles R. Bailey ____________

Charles R. Bailey (WV Bar #0202)

Michael W. Taylor (WV Bar #11715)

BAILEY &WYANT,PLLC


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