Flowers v. Bennett

WOODALL, Justice.

These proceedings (a petition for a writ of mandamus and an appeal) were brought in this Court to challenge the judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court, dismissing an action commenced by Steve Flowers. That action began on April 17, 2002, when Flowers filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (“TRO motion”) against Jim Bennett, in his capacity as the Secretary of State of Alabama, as well as against the probate judges and circuit clerks of the counties composing state senate district 14. (Bennett, the probate judges, and the circuit clerks are hereinafter referred to…