Jauch v. Choctaw County, MS, Order, Held Without Seeing Judge, 2019 Case: 1:15-cv-00075-SA-RP Doc #: 57 Filed: 03/26/19 1 of 1 PageID #: 317 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ABERDEEN DIVISION JESSICA JAUCH PLAINTIFF V. NO. 1:15-CV-75-SA-RP CHOCTAW COUNTY and CLOYD HALFORD, in …

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 …

Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Christopher B. Epps, the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), was entitled to qualified immunity after a prisoner was held beyond the date …

$250,000 Award in Mississippi False Imprisonment Suit by Last January, a Mississippi federal jury awarded a former prisoner $250,000 for being falsely incarcerated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). The facts of the case exhibit an unbelievable abuse of power by MDOC officials. After pleading guilty to burglary of …

Mississippi Woman Awarded $75,000 for Wrongful Incarceration Due to Court Clerk Error by On October 19, 2005, a federal jury in Mississippi awarded Michelle Hobbs $75,000 after she was wrongfully detained for 4 hours based on an arrest warrant mistakenly issued by a court clerk. Hobbs's initial arrest occurred in …

Nine Month Delay in Bringing Mississippi Detainee Before Court Defeats Qualified Immunity by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held jail officials at Mississippi's Hinds County Jail were not entitled to qualified immunity for failing to take a pretrial detainee before a court for nine months. The detainee was arrested …

'Invisible' Prisoner Gets $36,200 for Wrongful Imprisonment by A Mississippi man who was improperly jailed for nearly 10 months because of a "bureaucratic snafu" was awarded just $36,200 ...

County Liable for Trustee's Work; No Remedy for Illegal Detention by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that a county was properly liable where it did not reimburse a jail detainee for work he performed on public property. The court also held that a pretrial detainee's work …