Ex parte Alabama Board of Cosmetology & Barbering

MOORE, Judge.

The Alabama Board of Cosmetology and Barbering (“the Board”) petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to transfer the appeal filed by Shahjahan Jason Smith from the Board’s order imposing a $250 fine on Smith after finding that he was practicing cosmetology without a license. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

On July 23, 2014, the Board entered an order that Smith pay a $250 fine after an administrative-law judge found that there was “[substantial evidence [that Smith] had a wax pot in his place of business, [that he had] held…