Ex parte Veteto

Ronald D. Veteto, an inmate incarcerated at the St. Clair Correctional Facility (“the prison”), petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court (“the trial court”) to enter a temporary restraining order requiring that Dewayne Estes, the warden of the prison, supply him with materials that Veteto says are essential for him to prepare, present, and argue the underlying civil action. Estes is one of the defendants in the action below. Veteto also asks this court to direct the trial court to enter an order compelling certain discovery.

This is the second time…