Ex Parte Smith

This mandamus petition relates to an action filed in the Baldwin Circuit Court. That action involves a dispute between a buyer of a mobile home and the seller of the mobile home; one of the seller's employees; and the financial institution that provided financing for the purchase. The circuit court ordered the parties to proceed in arbitration and removed the case from its trial docket. Larry Smith, the buyer, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the circuit judge to set aside her order refusing to reinstate the civil action to her trial docket. Smith further asks this Court…