Supreme Court of Alabama
Ex Parte Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission (in Re: Bryan Mark Grimmett v. Alabama Peace…
October 26, 2018275 So. 3d 527
Summary
The Alabama Supreme Court granted the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission’s petition for a writ of mandamus, ordering the Montgomery Circuit Court to dismiss Bryan Mark Grimmett’s complaint on the basis that the Commission, as a state agency, is absolutely immune under Art. I, § 14 of the Alabama Constitution. The Court held that the circuit court lacked subject‑matter jurisdiction and that the amended complaint was likewise a nullity.