Court filing — Oconee nurse seeks return of property

On behalf of an Oconee nurse practitioner, a complaint has been filed in the Common Pleas Court alleging three state agencies have failed to return personal and household items that were seized while the nurse was being investigated for allegedly writing false prescriptions after her state registration allegedly expired.  The complaint was filed today by Greenville attorney Beattie Ashmore on behalf of Natally Shadwick.  The following state departments and offices were named defendants:  the South Carolina Attorney’s General Office, the 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control.  According to the request for an injunctive and declaratory relief, Shadwick has not been charged with any crime and her property has not been returned, even though DHEC has had more than 120 days to search the documents.  The complaint maintains that the documents are essential to her daily living and employment and should have been returned long ago.  It also asserts:  “There has been no proof that Ms. Shadwick committed any crime beyond a determination of probable cause as alleged in the search warrant.”  Further, it says, “Ms. Shadwick has not been charged with a crime and did not commit a crime.”