Ex Parte Windom

MADDOX, Justice.

This mandamus petition raises the question whether a party who has moved to transfer a case to another venue is entitled, while the transfer motion is pending, to have all matters of discovery in the pending case limited to issues relating to the motion to transfer.

Stephen R. Windom is a defendant in a civil action filed by Garfield W. Ivey, Jr. That action is pending in the Walker Circuit Court. This is the second time Windom has sought mandamus relief from this Court relating to the scope of discovery pending the trial judge’s ruling on his motion to transfer. Windom’s…