Portis v. Alabama State Tenure Com'n

In August 2001, acting pursuant to § 16-24-38, Ala. Code 1975, Vicki Portis petitioned for a writ of mandamus in the Montgomery Circuit Court, seeking judicial review of an order of the Alabama State Tenure Commission. That civil action was assigned to Judge Johnny Hardwick. In February 2002, Portis filed a motion seeking Judge Hardwick's recusal; her motion was granted in March 2002, and an order was issued assigning Judge Sarah M. Greenhaw to hear the case. On April 23, 2002, Portis filed a notice of appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court from the March 2002 orders of the trial court; that…