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Another stay blocks law to create separate court in Jackson

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A federal judge temporarily blocked the controversial House Bill 1020 from becoming law Friday.

by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today May 12, 2023   U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate granted the motion in a lawsuit brought by the NAACP, which would stop Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Michael Randolph from appointing four temporary special judges to the Hinds County Circuit Court, according to court documents.  The NAACP had asked Wingate to block the chief justice from appointing judges under the law while HB 1020 is being challenged in court.

This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

 

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