Ex Parte Majors

Ricky Earl Majors, the plaintiff in an action pending in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge to whom Majors's case is assigned to vacate his order granting a motion to compel arbitration filed by Jon Ellen Nix, Jean Webb, and SouthTrust Bank (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the defendants").1 We grant the petition for the writ of mandamus.

On October 2, 2000, Majors sued the defendants. Majors's complaint alleged (1) that Nix and Webb, as employees of SouthTrust Bank, engaged in, assisted with, or supervised loan…