Ex Parte Atchley

James Kenneth Atchley, Sr., petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing Judge F. Timothy Riley to recuse himself from the underlying legal-malpractice litigation. Atchley also requests that, once Judge Riley recuses himself, this Court "permit" the Administrative Office of Courts ("AOC") to appoint a judge to sit in the case. We deny the petition.

Background

In January 2005, Atchley sued his former attorney, Lawton Dale Fuller, in the Marshall Circuit Court, alleging legal malpractice. In February 2005, both of the judges in the Marshall Circuit Court, Presiding Judge Tim Jolley and…