Combined Insurance Company of America (“Combined”), the defendant in an action pending in the Greene Circuit Court, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Eddie Hardaway, Jr., to declare a mistrial. Combined contends that it is entitled to a mistrial because, it says: (1) the jury is partial because one of the jurors is represented by the plaintiffs’ counsel in another pending case and a few of the jurors know the plaintiffs; (2) the trial court failed to properly consider Combined’s Batson1 motion; (3) the trial court abused its discretion in continuing the case to allow the plaintiffs’ attorney to take a previously undisclosed trip to Puerto Rico; (4) the jury may become tainted because of the continuance; and (5) the trial judge has shown bias against Combined.

The writ of mandamus is a drastic and extraordinary writ, and certain criteria must be met before it will be issued. A writ of mandamus will be issued only when there is (1) á clear legal right in the petitioner to the relief sought; (2) an imperative duty upon the respondent to perform, accompanied by a refusal to do so; (8) lack of another adequate remedy; and (4) properly invoked jurisdiction of this Court. Ex parte Ben-Acadia, Ltd., 566 So.2d 486, 488 (Ala. 1990).

The arguments Combined makes in its petition may be raised on a direct appeal by Combined; therefore, Combined has not shown that it lacks another adequate remedy.

PETITION DENIED.