Ex Parte Bryant

Thomas E. Bryant petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing that his pending criminal trial be conducted by a circuit court judge from outside Alabama's 13th Judicial Circuit (Mobile County), because of an alleged potential for bias against him on the part of judges from Mobile County due to the peculiar nature of the case against him. In the alternative, Bryant asks for a writ of mandamus directing Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Chris Galanos to recuse himself from presiding over the criminal case against him.

Bryant petitioned this Court for extraordinary relief pursuant to…