Petition DENIED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.

Waiver of right of respondents Joan B. Meacham, Director, SC Dept. of Social Services to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 6, 2020)

In Re Alexander Guice, Petitioner, represented by Alexander Guice

Joan B. Meacham, Director, SC Dept. of Social Services, Respondent, represented by James Emory Smith Jr.

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, represented by G. Mile Gordon