Cato v. Craighead County Circuit Court

ANNABELLE CLINTON IMBER, Justice.

| petitioner Barrett Cato petitions this court for a writ of prohibition or, in the alternative, a writ of certiorari, to prevent the Craighead County Circuit Court from exercising jurisdiction over him in an underlying tort case. The plaintiff in the underlying case, Kevin Lawrence, has filed a responsive brief. At issue is the constitutionality of Arkansas Code Annotated section 12-62-403 (Repl.2003), which reads as follows: “No person belonging to the organized militia shall be served with any civil process while going to, remaining at, or returning from…