State Ex Rel. Deblasio v. Jackson

KETCHUM, Justice:

The Petitioner, Keith William Deblasio, pro se, invokes this Court’s original jurisdiction seeking a writ of mandamus. The Petitioner argues that the Respondent Clerk of the Circuit Court of Morgan County (“Clerk”) failed to perform a non-discretionary administrative act when she failed to make the initial determination of the Petitioner’s eligibility to proceed in forma pauperis and that the Respondent circuit judge (circuit court) subsequently erred by denying the Petitioner’s application to proceed in for-ma pauperis.

Having fully considered the record, briefs, and…