THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities,
Inc., Petitioner,
v.
Beverly A. H. Buscemi, Ph.D., in her official capacity as
State Director, South Carolina Department of Disabilities
and Special Needs and The South Carolina Department
of Disabilities and Special Needs, and Kelly Hanson
Floyd, Nancy Banov, W. Robert Harrell, Rick Huntress,
Deborah McPherson and Dr. Otis Speight in their
Official Capacities as Members of the Department of
Disabilities and Special Needs Commission,
Respondents.
Appellate Case No. 2016-001983
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Appeal From Richland County
Edgar W. Dickson, Circuit Court Judge
Opinion No. 27795
Heard May 1, 2018 – Filed May 9, 2018
CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY
GRANTED
Anna Maria Darwin, of Greenville, and Thornwell
Simons, of Columbia, both of Protection & Advocacy for
People with Disabilities, Inc.; Reid T. Sherard, of
Greenville, and Phillips Lancaster McWilliams, of
Columbia, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough,
LLP, for Petitioner.
William H. Davidson, II and Kenneth P. Woodington,
both of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, for
Respondents.
PER CURIAM: We granted Protection and Advocacy for People with
Disabilities, Inc.'s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court
of Appeals in Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. v. Buscemi,
417 S.C. 267, 789 S.E.2d 756 (Ct. App. 2016). We now dismiss the writ as
improvidently granted.
DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.
BEATTY, C.J., KITTREDGE, HEARN, FEW and JAMES, JJ., concur.