Kidd v. Bingham

PITTMAN, Judge.

F.A. “Bubba” Bingham, in his official capacity as the director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety (“the DPS”), and Alabama State Trooper Darrell Seymour (Bingham and Seymour are hereinafter referred to collectively as “the DPS defendants”) petition this court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction the underlying action filed by Ronald Kidd and Teodosio Arroyo Martinez (“the claimants”) against the DPS defendants.1 For the reasons set *1019forth below, we grant the petition and issue the writ.

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