Ex Parte Meadows

Wesley Meadows, the plaintiff in an action pending in the Lowndes Circuit Court, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge H. Edward McFerrin to set aside an order compelling arbitration of Meadows's claims and to conduct a jury trial on the question whether Meadows signed the arbitration agreement the judge was enforcing. On October 21, 1999, Judge McFerrin entered an order granting a motion to dismiss and to compel arbitration, filed by the defendants John Bailey d/b/a Super Star Homes (a mobile-home dealership); Maurice Bailey d/b/a Innovative Mortgage Company; and Pioneer Housing…