Ex Parte Alabama Peace Officers'standards

The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission ("APOSTC") and its executive secretary, Chief R. Alan Benefield, are defendants in an action brought by brothers Doby Vines and Joey Vines, former part-time employees at Southwest Alabama Police Academy ("SWAPA"). In the trial court, APOSTC and Benefield filed a motion for a summary judgment, asserting that they were immune from liability. The trial court denied the motion. APOSTC and Benefield now petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss with prejudice all the claims against…