Ex Parte Golden

The plaintiff, Faith Golden, seeks a writ of mandamus to issue directing the Circuit Court of Lee County to permit Golden's discovery of alleged fraudulent acts against others by the defendant, Dr. Samuel G. Townsley, Jr.; to allow her expert witness to testify; and to allow her second amendment to her complaint. Golden has sued Townsley, alleging, in pertinent part, that he had engaged in a scheme to defraud. The matters she seeks discovery of relate to acts as to others, purportedly similar to fraudulent acts that Golden alleges that Townsley committed as to her. The trial court has denied…