State ex rel. Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. v. Karner ( 2011 )


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  • [Cite as State ex rel. Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. v. Karner, 2011-Ohio-6439.]
    Court of Appeals of Ohio
    EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
    COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
    No. 96739
    STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.
    CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) N.A.
    RELATOR
    vs.
    JUDGE CHERYL S. KARNER, ET AL.
    RESPONDENT
    JUDGMENT:
    WRITS DISMISSED
    Writ of Mandamus and of Prohibition
    Motion No. 444684
    Order No. 448718
    RELEASED DATE: December 13, 2011
    ATTORNEYS FOR RELATOR
    Kimberly Y. Smith Rivera
    James S. Wertheim
    McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
    25550 Chagrin Blvd.
    Suite 406
    Cleveland, OH 44122
    ATTORNEY FOR RESPONDENT
    William D. Mason
    Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
    By: Charles E. Hannan, Jr.
    Assistant County Prosecutor
    8th Floor Justice Center
    1200 Ontario Street
    Cleveland, Ohio 44113
    LARRY A. JONES, J.:
    {¶ 1} On April 29, 2011, the relator, Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. (“Capital
    One”) commenced this prohibition and mandamus action against the respondent, Judge
    Cheryl Karner. Capital One is asking this court to prevent the judge from taking any
    action against Capital One for not responding to a subpoena and an order to compel and
    to have her vacate in its entirety her order granting the motion to compel in the underlying
    case, Feinerer v. Feinerer, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations
    Division Case No. DR-10-332088. Capital One argues that the respondent judge lacks
    subject matter jurisdiction over it, because as a non-party, non-domiciliary, the bank is
    beyond the respondent’s subpoena power and service of the subpoena was improper.
    {¶ 2} Capital One also sought an alternative writ, which this court granted,
    prohibiting the respondent from going forward with a hearing for sanctions and attorney’s
    fees until this court resolved this writ action.   The court also ordered a briefing schedule.
    Thus, on May 20, 2011, the respondent moved to dismiss, and on June 10, 2011, Capital
    One filed its brief in opposition.       For the following reasons, this court grants the
    respondent’s motion to dismiss.
    {¶ 3} Capital One is a national bank, organized under the National Bank Act,
    Section 1 et seq., Title 12, U.S. Code. It is located in Virginia, and does not have an
    Ohio statutory agent.
    {¶ 4} In July 2010, in the underlying divorce case, the wife’s attorney sought to
    issue a subpoena on Capital One to obtain information and various records about the
    husband, such as credit applications, credit reports, records of accounts, funds on deposit,
    and amount of income.       The lawyer sent a subpoena to Capital One via CSC Lawyers
    Incorporation Service (hereinafter “CSC”) and another subpoena to Capital One Services,
    Inc., also via CSC.     CSC sent the lawyer a notice of rejection of service concerning the
    Capital One subpoena because there was no entity with Capital One’s name on file with
    the Ohio Secretary of State. Capital One Services, Inc. no longer existed, so CSC served
    that subpoena upon its successor, Capital One Services, LLC, which is related to Capital
    One, but is a different entity. Capital One Services, LLC was not in possession of the
    requested records and information, so it forwarded a courtesy copy of the subpoena to
    Capital One.
    {¶ 5} On August 6, 2010, Capital One sent the attorney a letter stating that it was
    “in receipt of the subpoena” directed to Capital One Services.            (Exhibit F to the
    complaint.)    The letter stated that Capital One could not respond to the subpoena
    because it was the wrong entity; the subpoena was not properly served; the state court
    exceeded its jurisdiction in trying to serve a subpoena outside of its territory; the attorney
    did not use the proper means (the Uniform Foreign Depositions Act or R.C. 2319.09) to
    issue a subpoena in Virginia; and Capital One, under federal law, could only release the
    requested personal information pursuant to a properly issued and served subpoena.
    Capital One did not provide any of the requested records or information.
    {¶ 6} On October 8, 2010, the wife’s attorney filed a motion to compel in the
    underlying case in which he stated that he had served Capital One and Capital One
    Services via CSC, their statutory agent; that CSC had sent a rejection of service; and
    that Capital One acknowledged receipt of a subpoena and tried to explain why it could
    not comply.      The attorney asserted that Capital One was blatantly ignoring its
    responsibilities and asked the court to issue an order compelling Capital One to release
    the records and to pay the wife’s attorney fees.
    {¶ 7} On October 13, 2010, the respondent judge granted the motion to compel
    and ordered Capital One to respond to the subpoena by October 26, 2010.                  The
    respondent passed the issue of sanctions and attorney’s fees to the final hearing.
    {¶ 8} Capital One maintains that it was not served with this order and did not
    learn of it until November 9, 2010. On November 17, 2010, Capital One made a limited
    appearance to contest jurisdiction over it and to file a motion to vacate the October 13,
    2010 order.
    {¶ 9} Subsequently, the husband in the underlying action issued a release of his
    personal information, and Capital One fully provided all of the requested records and
    information. On April 1, 2011, the respondent judge issued a journal entry vacating the
    October 13, 2010 order and noted that Capital One produced all the requested documents
    and would continue to produce requested records if the parties provide the necessary
    releases.   The respondent further ruled that attorney’s fees and sanctions would be
    decided at the final hearing. Capital One then commenced this writ action in prohibition
    to prevent such a hearing and in mandamus to vacate the order concerning sanctions and
    attorney’s fees.
    {¶ 10} The principles governing prohibition are well established. Its requisites are
    (1) the respondent against whom it is sought is about to exercise judicial power, (2) the
    exercise of such power is unauthorized by law, and (3) there is no adequate remedy at
    law.   State ex rel. Largent v. Fisher (1989), 
    43 Ohio St. 3d 160
    , 
    540 N.E.2d 239
    .
    Prohibition will not lie unless it clearly appears that the court has no jurisdiction of the
    cause which it is attempting to adjudicate or the court is about to exceed its jurisdiction.
    State ex rel. Ellis v. McCabe (1941), 
    138 Ohio St. 417
    , 
    35 N.E.2d 571
    , paragraph three of
    the syllabus. “The writ will not issue to prevent an erroneous judgment, or to serve the
    purpose of appeal, or to correct mistakes of the lower court in deciding questions within
    its jurisdiction.” State ex rel. Sparto v. Juvenile Court of Darke County (1950), 
    153 Ohio St. 64
    , 65, 
    90 N.E.2d 598
    . Furthermore, it should be used with great caution and
    not issue in a doubtful case. State ex rel. Merion v. Tuscarawas Cty. Court of Common
    Pleas (1940), 
    137 Ohio St. 273
    , 
    28 N.E.2d 273
    , and Reiss v. Columbus Municipal Court
    (App. 1956), 
    76 Ohio Law. Abs. 141
    , 
    145 N.E.2d 447
    .
    {¶ 11} Nevertheless, when a court is patently and unambiguously without
    jurisdiction to act whatsoever, the availability or adequacy of a remedy is immaterial to
    the issuance of a writ of prohibition.   State ex rel. Tilford v. Crush (1988), 
    39 Ohio St. 3d 174
    , 
    529 N.E.2d 1245
    and State ex rel. Csank v. Jaffe (1995), 
    107 Ohio App. 3d 387
    , 
    668 N.E.2d 996
    . But absent such a patent and unambiguous lack of jurisdiction, a court
    having general jurisdiction of the subject matter of an action has authority to determine its
    own jurisdiction. A party challenging the court’s jurisdiction has an adequate remedy at
    law via appeal from the court’s holding that it has jurisdiction. State ex rel. Rootstown
    Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Portage County Court of Common Pleas (1997), 
    78 Ohio St. 3d 489
    , 
    678 N.E.2d 1365
    and State ex rel. Bradford v. Trumbull Cty. Court, 
    64 Ohio St. 3d 502
    , 1992-Ohio-116, 
    597 N.E.2d 116
    . Moreover, the court has discretion in
    issuing the writ of prohibition. State ex rel. Gilligan v. Hoddinott (1973), 
    36 Ohio St. 2d 127
    , 
    304 N.E.2d 382
    .
    {¶ 12} Similarly, the requisites for mandamus are well established: (1) the relator
    must have a clear legal right to the requested relief, (2) the respondent must have a clear
    legal duty to perform the requested relief and (3) there must be no adequate remedy at
    law.     Additionally, although mandamus may be used to compel a court to exercise
    judgment or to discharge a function, it may not control judicial discretion, even if that
    discretion is grossly abused. State ex rel. Ney v. Niehaus (1987), 
    33 Ohio St. 3d 118
    , 
    515 N.E.2d 914
    .      Furthermore, mandamus is not a substitute for appeal.         State ex rel.
    Keenan v. Calabrese (1994), 
    69 Ohio St. 3d 176
    , 
    631 N.E.2d 119
    ; State ex rel. Daggett v.
    Gessaman (1973), 
    34 Ohio St. 2d 55
    , 
    295 N.E.2d 659
    ; and State ex rel. Pressley v. Indus.
    Comm. of Ohio (1967), 
    11 Ohio St. 2d 141
    , 
    228 N.E.2d 631
    , paragraph three of the
    syllabus. Thus, mandamus does not lie to correct errors and procedural irregularities in
    the course of a case. State ex rel. Jerninghan v. Gaughan (Sept. 26, 1994), Cuyahoga
    App. No. 67787.       Moreover, mandamus is an extraordinary remedy which is to be
    exercised with caution and only when the right is clear. It should not issue in doubtful
    cases.    State ex rel. Taylor v. Glasser (1977), 
    50 Ohio St. 2d 165
    , 
    364 N.E.2d 1
    ; State ex
    rel. Shafer v. Ohio Turnpike Commission (1953), 
    159 Ohio St. 581
    , 
    113 N.E.2d 14
    ; State
    ex rel. Connole v. Cleveland Board of Education (1993), 
    87 Ohio App. 3d 43
    , 
    621 N.E.2d 850
    ; and State ex rel. Dayton-Oakwood Press v. Dissinger (1940), 
    32 Ohio Law. Abs. 308
    .
    {¶ 13} If a court is without jurisdiction to render a judgment, mandamus will lie to
    compel the court to vacate its judgment and findings.     State ex rel. Ballard v. O’Donnell
    (1990), 
    50 Ohio St. 3d 182
    , 
    553 N.E.2d 650
    . This is the principle on which Capital One
    premises its claim for mandamus.
    {¶ 14} Like prohibition, the court has discretion in issuing mandamus.   In State ex
    rel. Pressley v. Indus. Comm. of Ohio (1967), 
    11 Ohio St. 2d 141
    , 
    228 N.E.2d 631
    ,
    paragraph seven of the syllabus, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that “in considering the
    allowance or denial of the writ of mandamus on the merits, [the court] will exercise
    sound, legal and judicial discretion based upon all the facts and circumstances in the
    individual case and the justice to be done.”       The Pressley court elaborated that in
    exercising that discretion the court should consider “the exigency which calls for the
    exercise of such discretion, the nature and extent of the wrong or injury which would
    follow a refusal of the writ, and other facts which have a bearing on the particular case.
    *** Among the facts and circumstances which the court will consider are the applicant’s
    rights, the interests of third persons, the importance or unimportance of the case, the
    applicant’s conduct, the equity and    justice of the relator’s case, public policy and the
    public’s interest, whether the performance of the act by the respondent would give the
    relator any effective relief, and whether such act would be impossible, illegal, or useless.”
    
    Id. at 161-162,
    see, also, State ex rel. Bennett v. Lime (1978), 
    55 Ohio St. 2d 62
    , 
    378 N.E.2d 152
    ; State ex rel. Dollison v. Reddy (1978), 
    55 Ohio St. 2d 59
    , 
    378 N.E.2d 150
    ;
    and State ex rel. Mettler v. Commissioners of Athens County (1941), 
    139 Ohio St. 86
    , 
    38 N.E.2d 393
    .
    {¶ 15} Capital One’s first argument is that the respondent judge lacks jurisdiction
    to assess sanctions and attorney’s fees for failure to comply with the subpoena because
    the subpoena was not served on Capital One. It reasons that CSC rejected the actual
    Capital One subpoena and that the Capital One Services, Inc. subpoena was for a
    different entity.   Therefore, Capital One was never served with the necessary subpoena,
    and the trial court did not have jurisdiction to enforce it. Capital One cites to various
    cases to support its position. In Amos Suburban Newspapers v. Platt (May 17, 1996),
    Montgomery App. No. 15431, the court of appeals upheld the trial court’s decision not to
    enforce some subpoenas:       “Since the subpoenas were defective, * * * the referee would
    have had no judicial power to enforce those subpoenas.”        (Page 3 of the slip opinion).
    In Carosella v. Conwell (2000), 
    138 Ohio App. 3d 688
    , 
    742 N.E.2d 188
    , discretionary
    appeal not allowed (2000), 
    90 Ohio St. 3d 1484
    , 
    738 N.E.2d 1256
    , the trial court had
    granted a motion for new trial in part because an entity had not responded to a subpoena.
    On appeal, this court reversed and ruled that the subpoena was not actually served on the
    entity and that failure to respond to a non-served subpoena was not grounds for a new
    trial.   In Stammen v. Woodruff (Sept. 29, 1981), Darke App. No. 1039, the appellant
    argued, inter alia, that the trial court erred in quashing a subpoena duces tecum for a
    doctor’s record.    The court of appeals affirmed on the grounds that the subpoena was not
    served and that the trial court committed no error in quashing the service.
    {¶ 16} Capital One admits, however, that it received a subpoena for a related entity
    and knew that records and information were needed in an Ohio divorce case.                In
    Denovchek v. Bd. of Trumbull Cty. Commrs. (1988), 
    36 Ohio St. 3d 14
    , 15, 
    520 N.E.2d 1362
    , the Supreme Court of Ohio stated: “where that witness has actual knowledge of the
    subpoena, a valid service of summons has been completed.         Further, we do not approve
    of   ***      action in what appeared to be a willful avoidance of service.”      See, also,
    State v. Castle (1994), 
    92 Ohio App. 3d 732
    , 
    637 N.E.2d 80
    , discretionary appeal not
    allowed (1994), 
    69 Ohio St. 3d 1452
    , 
    633 N.E.2d 545
    ; State v. Thompson (Dec. 4, 1998),
    Clark App. No. 98 CA 7.                Thus, this court concludes that the actual receipt and
    knowledge of the Capital One Services, Inc. subpoena was a sufficient valid service under
    Ohio law to vest the trial court with enough jurisdiction to determine its own jurisdiction.
    This court also notes that in the cases upon which Capital One relies, the issue of the
    validity of service was resolved on appeal.             Thus, at least as to the service issue, the writ
    of prohibition will not lie.
    {¶ 17} Capital One’s second argument is that even if the subpoena was served, the
    respondent judge lacked jurisdiction to enforce the subpoena, because Capital One is
    beyond the trial court’s subpoena power. Capital One’s authority for this proposition
    just generally recognizes the statewide power of subpoena.1 None of the cases Capital
    One relies on provide a definitive proclamation of an Ohio court’s subpoena power.
    Rather, the courts are merely noting the scope of the subpoena power in deciding other
    issues such as forum non conveniens, the authority of a court to order a party to file an
    action in another state, the admission of evidence, and granting a default judgment.
    Indeed, Capital One recognizes that there is a “dearth of cases” which adjudicate the
    1
    In McFarland v. Slattery (Jan. 13, 1983), Cuyahoga App. No. 44434, this court stated: “the subpoena
    power of the court did not reach out-of-state witnesses.” (Pg. 2 of the slip opinion.) In Fairmount Richmond
    Condominium Assoc. v. Warren Roofing & Insulating Co. (Jan. 24, 1985), Cuyahoga App. No. 48076, this court
    noted: “This fact [that the witness was not currently in Cuyahoga County] alone does not place the witness beyond
    the statewide subpoena power of the court.” (Pg. 3 of the slip opinion.) Similarly in Stidam v. Butsch, 151 Ohio
    App.3d 202, ¶8, 2002-Ohio-6854, 
    782 N.E.2d 935
    , the court stated that “[t]he allegedly negligent operation of the
    vehicle took place in Indiana, and necessary witnesses would likely be beyond the subpoena powers of an Ohio
    court.” In Abraham v. Werner Enterprises, Erie App. No. E-02-013, 2003-Ohio-3091, ¶33, the court stated, “it is
    undisputed that Henn lived in Nebraska and was therefore beyond the subpoena power of the court.”
    scope of the subpoena power.
    {¶ 18} Nevertheless, Capital One characterizes the limitations on subpoena power
    as subject   matter jurisdiction:   “The issue here is whether Respondent had subject
    matter jurisdiction to entertain a motion for sanctions based upon a subpoena that was
    directed to a non-party, non-domiciliary entity, * * *.” (Pg. 12 of Capital One’s brief in
    opposition. Italics and underline in the original brief.) Capital One argues that if the
    subpoena was never served or the entity was beyond the subpoena power of the state,
    “then such a subpoena can never properly be before the court for adjudication of
    sanctions, and constitutes a subject matter over which Ohio courts lack subject matter
    jurisdiction.” (Pg. 13 of Capital One’s brief in opposition.) Capital One concludes by
    asserting that because it is patent and obvious that service was never made and that it is
    an entity outside of the court’s subpoena power, then the respondent is patently and
    unambiguously without jurisdiction to conduct the sanctions hearing, and that the element
    of an adequate remedy at law need not be considered .
    {¶ 19} Subject matter jurisdiction, however, is not at issue in the present case.
    “Jurisdiction of the subject matter is defined generally as power of the tribunal to hear
    and determine a case because it is one of the class of cases over which the tribunal has
    power to exercise jurisdiction.” State ex rel. Vernon Place Extended Care Center, Inc.
    v. State Certificate of Need Review Board (Aug. 11, 1983), Franklin App. No.
    82AP-1044; and State v. Swiger (1998), 
    125 Ohio St. 3d 456
    , 
    708 N.E.2d 1033
    . The
    United States Supreme Court has emphasized the need to carefully use the terms “subject
    matter jurisdiction” and “personal jurisdiction.” “Courts, including this Court, ... have
    more than occasionally [mis]used the term ‘jurisdictional’ to describe emphatic time
    prescriptions in [claim processing] rules .... Classifying time prescription, even rigid ones,
    under the heading ‘subject matter jurisdiction’ can be confounding. Clarity would be
    facilitated if courts and litigants used the label ‘jurisdictional’ not for claim-processing
    rules, but only for prescriptions delineating the class of cases (subject-matter jurisdiction)
    and the persons (personal jurisdiction) falling within a court’s adjudicatory authority.”
    Scarborough v. Principi (2004), 
    541 U.S. 401
    , 413-414, 
    158 L. Ed. 2d 674
    , 
    124 S. Ct. 1856
    , quoting Kontrick v. Ryan (2004), 
    540 U.S. 443
    , 454-455, 
    124 S. Ct. 906
    , 
    157 L. Ed. 2d 867
    .
    {¶ 20} The respondent judge has subject matter jurisdiction over the underlying
    divorce case.    R.C. 3105.011.     She also has basic subject matter jurisdiction over
    discovery, sanctions, and contempt. Civ.R. 45(E). Indeed, the respondent judge has
    the inherent power to punish for contempt.      “The difference between the jurisdiction of
    courts and their inherent powers is too important to be overlooked. In constitutional
    governments their jurisdiction is conferred by the provisions of the constitutions and of
    statutes enacted in the exercise of legislative authority.   That, however, is not true with
    respect to such powers as are necessary to the orderly and efficient exercise of
    jurisdiction.   Such powers, from both their nature and their ancient exercise, must be
    regarded as inherent. They do not depend upon express constitutional grant, nor in any
    sense upon the legislative will.   The power to maintain order, to secure the attendance of
    witnesses to the end that the rights of parties may be ascertained, and to enforce process
    to the end that effect may be given judgment, must inhere in every court or the purpose of
    its creation fails.” State ex rel. Richard v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. Of Commrs. (1995), 
    100 Ohio App. 3d 592
    , 597, 
    654 N.E.2d 443
    , citing Hale v. State (1896), 
    55 Ohio St. 210
    , 213,
    
    45 N.E. 199
    . Thus, the respondent has subject matter jurisdiction, indeed the inherent
    power, to adjudicate the matters before her.
    {¶ 21} To the extent that personal jurisdiction is at issue, the Supreme Court of
    Ohio has ruled “that issuance of a writ of a writ of prohibition based on the alleged lack
    of personal jurisdiction is, even more than a claimed lack of subject-matter jurisdiction,
    an ‘extremely rare occurrence.” State ex rel. Suburban Constr. Co. v. Skok (1999), 
    85 Ohio St. 3d 645
    , 647, citing Clark v. Connor (1998), 
    82 Ohio St. 3d 309
    , 315, 
    695 N.E.2d 751
    , 757. In such cases, the lack of personal jurisdiction must be premised on the lack
    of minimum contacts between the litigant and the forum state. State ex rel. Connor v.
    McGough (1989), 
    46 Ohio St. 3d 188
    , 
    546 N.E.2d 407
    .
    {¶ 22} In the present case Capital One maintains sufficient minimum contacts
    between itself and Ohio to vest Ohio with personal jurisdiction.              Soliciting and
    providing credit cards to Ohioans and then enforcing the debt generated thereby provide
    sufficient minimum contacts. Indeed, Capital One admits this in its brief in opposition.
    (Pg. 6.)
    {¶ 23} Skok is particularly informative.   In that case the petitioner sought a writ of
    prohibition on the grounds, inter alia, that the respondent judge lacked jurisdiction
    because the petitioner had not been properly served.                      In affirming the court of appeals
    dismissal of the application for a writ, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled: “[The] claim is
    not cognizable in prohibition. If contested allegations of defective service of process are
    not premised upon a complete failure to comply with the minimum-contacts requirement
    of constitutional due process, prohibition does not 
    lie.” 85 Ohio St. 3d at 646
    . The
    Supreme Court of Ohio concluded that the proper remedy would be a motion to quash and
    an appeal, if necessary.          See also,      State ex rel. Ruessman v Flanagan (1992), 65 Ohio
    St.3d 464, 805 N.E,2d 31; and State ex rel. Gelman v. Lorain Cty. Court of Common
    Pleas (1961), 
    172 Ohio St. 73
    , 
    173 N.E.2d 344
    .2                         Thus, lack of personal jurisdiction
    does not provide a basis for issuing an extraordinary writ.
    {¶ 24} Finally, although Capital One endeavors to characterize the issue as one of
    subject matter jurisdiction, this court discerns the issue is really one of territorial
    jurisdiction. As shown above, this writ action is not about the classes of cases that
    respondent may hear or about the minimum contacts between Capital One and Ohio.
    Instead, the issues are whether the subpoena power of Ohio “has been restricted to the
    territory of the state” (Capital One’s Brief in opposition, Pg. 7) and what is the
    2
    The cases cited by Capital One confirm the principle that an appropriate motion in the trial court, followed
    by an appeal, if necessary, is an adequate remedy. In State of North Carolina Guilford County AARP v. American
    Family Prepaid Legal Corp. (Feb. 23, 2007), Guilford Case No. 06 CVS 10216, 
    2007 WL 2570841
    , an out-of-state
    entity successfully sought to quash a North Carolina subpoena through a motion to quash, not an extraordinary writ.
    In Phillips Petroleum Co. v. OKC Ltd. Partnership, (La. 1994), 
    634 So. 2d 1186
    , the out-of-state entity obtained its
    desired relief when the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed on appeal the denial of a motion to quash. Similarly, the
    Alabama Supreme Court on appeal reversed a contempt citation issued against a non-party foreign corporation for
    failing to respond to a subpoena. In re Natl. Contract Poultry Growers’ Ass’n. (Ala. 2000), 
    771 So. 2d 466
    . In
    Doe I v. Pauliewalnuts (W. D. Va. Sept. 19, 2008), Case No. 5:08MC00001, 
    2008 WL 4326473
    , the federal
    district court granted a motion to quash an invalid subpoena. Again, in Cuthbertson v. Excel Industries, Inc. (D.
    Kan., 1998), 
    179 F.R.D. 599
    , the federal district court granted a motion for a protective order, not an extraordinary
    writ.
    appropriate remedy. Capital One has not cited cases granting prohibition on lack of
    territorial jurisdiction, and this court declines to do so. This is the same conclusion
    reached by the Supreme Court of Arkansas in Hobbs v. Reynolds (2008), 
    375 Ark. 313
    ,
    
    289 S.W.2d 917
    - territorial jurisdictional claims can be raised on direct appeal, not
    through prohibition.
    {¶ 25} Accordingly, this court grants the respondent’s motion to dismiss and
    dismisses Capital One’s application for writs of mandamus and prohibition. The
    alternative writ is no longer in effect.   Capital One to pay costs.   The clerk is directed to
    serve upon the parties notice of this judgment and its date of entry upon the journal.
    Civ.R. 58(B).
    Writ dismissed.
    LARRY A. JONES, JUDGE
    MARY EILEEN KILBANE, P.J., and
    PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J.