State v. Hurst

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CLAYTON, District Judge.

Petitioners, William Hurst and' Virgil Lindsey, Deputy Sheriffs of Marshall County, Mississippi, who each failed to make a timely demand for a trial by jury pursuant to Rule 38(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and are deemed to have waived’ their right to the same, Rule 38(d), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, have each filed a motion in this court for a jury trial under Rule 39(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiffs resist these motions, although other' defendants have asked for and will have’ a jury.

The Seventh Amendment…