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BARNES, J., FOR THE COURT: ¶ 1. On September 29, 2014, M.M. gave birth to a child, N.M. 1 The child’s father is M.M.’s husband, S.M. 2 N.M. is the youngest of the couple’s eight children. A month prior to her birth, N.M.’s seven siblings

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2024-CA-00921-SCT CONSOLIDATED WITH NO. 2023-IA-00813-SCT CONSOLIDATED WITH NO. 2023-IA-00839-SCT IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR CHILD NAMED AND DESCRIBED HEREIN, JAMES HINES AND WANDA HINES v. JOHN CALDWELL, AMY CALDWELL AND MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES DATE OF JUDGMEN

ORDER Daniel P. Jordan III, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Plaintiffs seek a declaration that Mississippi Code section 93-17-3(5) — which prohibits adoption by married gay couples— violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the United States Constitution. They named as defendants the Mississippi Department of Human Services (“DHS”), DHS’s Executive Director, three chancery courts, nine chancellor

ISHEE, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT: ¶ 1. This case requires this Court to determine if Mississippi Code Section 41-21-77 allows a director of a state hospital independently to override a commitment order of a chancery court for treatment of mental illness. It does not. And because this statutory question comes to this Court through the vehicle of a citation of contempt, this case also re

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2017-CA-00718-SCT IN THE MATTER OF C.W.: THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND STATE OF MISSISSIPPI v. LAMAR COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/01/2017 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. DEBORAH J. GAMBRELL COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: LAMAR COUNTY CHANCERY COURT ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: MARY JO WOODS

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2024-CA-00984-COA J.R.M. APPELLANT v. WARREN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD APPELLEES PROTECTION SERVICES BY ANDREA A. SANDERS, AND S.M.M., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH THEIR NEXT FRIEND, ANDREA A. SANDERS AND MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES DATE OF JUDGMENT:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2023-CA-00138-SCT X.G.C. v. JACKSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, BY MARCUS D. DAVENPORT, AND V.I.C., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER NEXT FRIEND, MARCUS D. DAVENPORT DATE OF JUDGMENT: 01/03/2023 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. ROBERT KEITH MILLER TRIAL COURT ATTORNEYS: LANIE ROUSSEL

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2023-CA-00549-COA S.Z.O. APPELLANT v. HARRISON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD APPELLEES PROTECTION SERVICES, BY MARCUS D. DAVENPORT, AND M.A.B., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER NEXT FRIEND, MARCUS D. DAVENPORT DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/11/2023 TRIAL JUDGE:

Affirmed and Opinion filed May 16, 2019. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-18-01058-CV IN THE INTEREST OF M.T.R., A CHILD On Appeal from the 314th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2016-04856J OPINION This accelerated appeal a

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2023-CA-00532-SCT J.J.B. v. MONROE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, BY MARCUS D. DAVENPORT, E.C.W., A.J.W. AND M.B.B., MINORS, BY AND THROUGH THEIR NEXT FRIEND, MARCUS D. DAVENPORT DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/06/2023 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. JACQUELINE ESTES MASK TRIAL COURT ATTORNEYS: LISA ANN KOON

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2022-CT-00419-SCT JIMMY ALLEN v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/18/2022 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. BARRY W. FORD COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: YAZOO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER BY: H

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2022-CT-00990-SCT ZACHARY MINOR v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/04/2021 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. DEBRA W. BLACKWELL TRIAL COURT ATTORNEYS: TIMOTHY DAVID BLALOCK SHAMECA SHANTE’ COLLINS

597 F.3d 678 (2010) Joe H. BRYANT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. MILITARY DEPARTMENT of the State OF MISSISSIPPI, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Franklin E. Chalk; Frederick D. Feinstein; Roy A. Graham; Billy Joe Gressett; Donald E. Jones; Langford L. Knight; F. Gregory Malta; William F. Parten; Robert E. Pierce; Roger E. Shirley; Charles F. Steed; Aaron K. Wilson; Thomas Temple; John Does 1-20; Leslie Wilkes, Defendants-Ap

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2022-KA-00482-COA CHRISTOPHER WALKER APPELLANT v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI APPELLEE DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/22/2022 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. JON MARK WEATHERS COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: FORREST COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ATTORNEY FOR

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2018-CA-00950-COA IN THE INTEREST OF J.K., A MINOR: MERLE APPELLANT GLENN KIRKLEY v. JACKSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD APPELLEES PROTECTION SERVICES AND J.L.M.K., A MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HIS NEXT FRIEND, LAQUITA REED DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/12/2018 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. S

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2021-CT-00740-SCT JEFFREY CLYDE PITTS v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/11/2021 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. JOHN H. EMFINGER TRIAL COURT ATTORNEYS: J. EDWARD RAINER KIMBERLY M. PHILLIPS

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA FILED Spring 2024 Term June 12, 2024 _____________________ released at 3:00 p.m. ASHLEY N. DEEM, DEPUTY CLERK INTERMEDIATE

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2019-KA-01890-COA GARRICK PRICE APPELLANT v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI APPELLEE DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/18/2019 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. CAROL L. WHITE-RICHARD COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: SUNFLOWER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WEXLER, District Judge: Before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Plaintiff opposes the motion. For the following reasons, Defendants’ motion is granted. BACKGROUND This case arises out of two separate Family Court actions in which the Plaintiff, Aj

ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Judge I ¡In this termination-of-parental-rights case, Alyssa Ekberg and Jerry Ashmore (the parents) appeal the Pulaski County Circuit Court’s order filed April 8, 2016, terminating their parental rights to their two children, E.H. (born October 26, 2007) and H.A. (born December 18, 2013).