State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Griffin

COVINGTON, Judge.

Relator Daniel L. Johnson seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the judge of the Circuit Court of Cole County to transfer to DeKalb County a case that Johnson alleges was improperly transferred from DeKalb County. After the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, denied Johnson’s petition for a writ of mandamus, this Court issued an alternative writ of mandamus, which is now made permanent.

On July 10, 1996, Johnson, an inmate in the Western Missouri Correctional Center, filed in DeKalb County a petition against Mike Kemna, Steve Moore, and Fran Masters in their individual…