Legal Opinion
Duncan v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided March 10, 2009No. 2008-CP-00055-COAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, P.J.,
for the Court.
¶ 1. Wendell Duncan filed suit against Donna Jill Johnson, Circuit Clerk of Laud-erdale County, and Renee Covert, a deputy circuit clerk. Duncan alleged that Johnson violated his constitutional right of access to the courts by failing to issue summonses in a prior suit. Duncan also alleged that Covert violated his right of access to the courts by refusing to subsequently alter filing dates on the docket sheet of the same action. Duncan alleged these failures resulted in that cause being dismissed, and as a result, he suffered emotional distress.
¶ 2. The circuit court…
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