discussion of those issues in Section III, infra. 6 . Williams also has filed pro se petitions for mandamus and habeas corpus relief in the Circuit Court of Randolph County. Those petitions complain of different perceived injustices by HCC and its staff and are not related to the instant proceeding. 7 . The other petitioning inmates are Brett McCla-skie, Gregory Mitchell, Dwight Warren, and John Thacker. See supra note 1. 8 . See supra note 2. 9 . Class I offenses are defined as "(t]hose rule violations that threaten life or limb, which seriously breach facility security and/or public safety or which are felonies.” West Virginia Division of Corrections Policy Directive No. 325.00, § V.A.l (July 1, 2001). See also Crain v. Bordenkircher, 176 W.Va. 338, 346-47, 342 S.E.2d 422, 431 (1986)
recognizing a narrow class of cases in which the termination of the class representatives claim for relief does not moot the claims of the class members holding that to maintain a class action the existence of the class must be pleaded and the limits of the class must be defined with some specificity recognizing class i to be the most severe category of disciplinary rule violations recognizing rule recognizing cause of action by class member against class counsel for negligence in providing notice