Allen Lloyd Lehmann v. Hon Susan Schultz Gibson Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

Allen Lloyd Lehman petitions this Court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order staying discovery in his pending civil case. An issue of first impression in this Commonwealth, we hold that the trial court did not act erroneously in staying discovery in a civil action against Lehmann pending the completion of Lehmann’s criminal prosecution stemming from essentially the same factual framework. In so doing, we affirm the Court of Appeals’ conclusion that Leh-mann is not entitled to the writ he seeks. So Lehmann’s…