Jeffery and Allison Rhodes petitioned for a writ of mandamus to direct the Circuit Court to dismiss the ejectment action filed against them by the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"). The Supreme Court found that the defect in the foreclosure process alleged by the Rhodeses did not implicate Fannie Mae's standing to bring the ejectment action against the Rhodeses or, in turn, the subject-matter jurisdiction of the trial court to entertain that claim. The only basis upon which the Rhodeses sought interlocutory mandamus relief from the order of the trial court denying their motion to dismiss the complaint against them was an alleged lack of subject-matter jurisdiction in the trial court as a result of the alleged lack of
standing. Because the problem alleged by the Rhodeses did not implicate subject-matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court had no basis on which to consider this petition for a writ of mandamus.
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