Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television by Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s equal protection suit as frivolous. Raymond Gutierrez, a California prisoner housed at …

Fired Mississippi Jail Guard Sues for Wrongful Arrest by David Reutter Fired Mississippi Jail Guard Sues for Wrongful Arrest by David Reutter A former guard at Mississippi’s Hinds County Jail (HCJ) has sued the Hinds County Sheriff Department after being fired and arrested for bringing contraband into HCJ. The arrest …

Bell v. Jackson, MS, Class Action Complaint, Debtor Prisons, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHl:RN DISTRICT r i'AIS ·, ) JEROME BELL, JAMES SHEPPARD, MARTEZE HARRIS, DOMONIC BUTLER, MICHAEL DAVIS, RICKY LAMBERT, JARMALE WALKER, et al. Plaintiffs, ) ) ) …

Dockery v. Epps, MS, Opinion and Order, Def Motion to Exclude Expert, Plain Motion for Class Cert, 2015 Case 3:13-cv-00326-WHB-JCG Document 257 Filed 09/29/15 Page 1 of 44 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION JERMAINE DOCKERY, ET AL. PLAINTIFFS MICHAEL COMBS, EDDIE …

Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail by David Reutter Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail by David Reutter The prisoners seem to be in control of the Hinds County, Mississippi Detention Center because the jail does not have enough staff to adequately …

Mississippi Indictments Illustrate Prison Phone Corruption by Derek Gilna Mississippi Indictments Illustrate Prison Phone Corruption by Derek Gilna Two Mississippi businessmen, Irb Benjamin, 69, and Sam Waggoner, 61, face federal charges in connection with a scheme in which kickbacks were paid to former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher …

News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …

Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Motion and Order for TRO, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 10 Filed 06/15/15 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION ) CHEVON ELIZABETH THOMPSON et al.,) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) …

Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Complaint, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 1 Filed 06/12/15 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ) FILE 0 CHEVON ELIZABETH T HOM PSON, et al.) …

Patterson et al. v. Gulf Publishing Company, MI, Appeal, Request for Records, 2014 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2013-CT-02002-SCT MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT, STACEY PICKERING, JIM HOOD, CHRIS LOTT, DAVID HUGGINS, MELISSA C. PATTERSON, JOSEPH A. RUNNELS, JR., SANDRA R. CHESTNUT AND HAROLD E. PIZZETTA, III v. GULF …

Jauch v. Choctaw County, MS, Complaint, Held Without Seeing Judge, 2015 Case: 1:15-cv-00075-SA-RP Doc #: 1 Filed: 04/21/15 1 of 10 PageID #: 1 INTHEUNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT FORTHENORTHERNDISTRICTOFMISSISSIPPI ABERDEENDIVISION JESSICAJAUCH PLAINTIFF 1:15cv75-SA-SAA NO. VERSUS CHOCTAWCOUNTYand CLOYDHALFORD,InHis IndividualCapacity DEFENDANTS JURYTRIALDEMANDED COMPLAINT Thisisacivilactiontorecoveractual,compensatoryandpunitivedamagesfor theDefendants’deprivationsofMs.Jauch’sconstitutionalrighttocounselandtobe informedofthechargesagainstherpursuanttotheSixthAmendment,therighttobail pursuanttotheEighthAmendment,andtherighttolibertypursuanttotheDue ProcessClauseoftheFourteenthAmendment.Theseconstitutionaldeprivationsbythe Defendantsaremadeactionablepursuantto42U.S.C.§1983.Thefollowingaverments supportthiscivilaction: (Parties) 1.ThePlaintiff,JessicaJauchisanadultresidentcitizenofRankinCounty, Mississippi. 2.TheDefendantChoctawCountyisapoliticalsubdivisionoftheStateof Mississippi.ChoctawCountymaybeservedwithprocessbyserviceuponitsChancery …

CCA Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility Water Pollution Alert, 2015 cc~ Corrections Corporation of Arrerica Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility To: All Concerned ~a From: tJct· TCCF Subject: Local Area Water Alert Date: April, 10, 2015 The local area is under a boil water alert, this alert is expected to last until …

In re Office of the Hinds Co. Pub. Defender, MS, Amicus Brief, Judicial Interference with Public Defenders, 2015 E-Filed Document Mar 24 2015 16:59:02 2015-M-00397 Pages: 16 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI In re: Office of the Hinds County Public Defender, eta/ ) ) NO. 2015-M-00397 ) Petitioners ) …

Burks v. Scott County, MS, Complaint, Bail Denial, 2014 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION Octavious Burks; Joshua Bassett, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * …

Fifth Circuit: Prisoner Who was Raped May Proceed with Lawsuit against Lock Company by Matthew Clarke Fifth Circuit: Prisoner Who was Raped May Proceed with Lawsuit against Lock Company by Matt Clarke In a July 9, 2013 opinion, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the statute of limitations …

Fifth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment for Substitution of Pain Medication by Fifth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment for Substitution of Pain Medication The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a denial of summary judgment against jail medical officials who substituted ibuprofen for Percocet when treating a prisoner’s gunshot wound. On …

United States v. Epps, MS, Indictment, MDOC Contractor Kickbacks Scandal, 2014

USA v. Epps and McCrory, MS, Indictment, MDOC commissioner bribery, 2014 Case 3:14-cr-00111-HTW-FKB Document 3 Filed 08/05/14 Page 1 of 21 Case 3:14-cr-00111-HTW-FKB Document 3 Filed 08/05/14 Page 2 of 21 Case 3:14-cr-00111-HTW-FKB Document 3 Filed 08/05/14 Page 3 of 21 Case 3:14-cr-00111-HTW-FKB Document 3 Filed 08/05/14 Page 4 of …

Dockery v. Epps, MS, Expert Report - Abplanalp, Mental Health Conditions Solitary Confinement Class Action, 2015 REPORT OF BART ABPLANALP, Ph.D. Assignment I have been retained by Plaintiffs’ counsel to review charts in conjunction with Plaintiffs’ psychiatric expert Dr. Terry Kupers, and offer opinions about the mental health care system …

Dockery, et al. v. Epps, et al, MS, Expert Report - Vail, MS DOC Mentally Ill in Deplorable Conditions, 2014 EXPERT REPORT OF ELDON VAIL Dockery, et al. v. Epps, et al. June 16, 2014 ASSIGNMENT I have been retained by Plaintiffs’ counsel to evaluate and offer my opinion regarding …