Legal Opinion

Mac Kenzie Willis v. Lt. Westley

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided April 10, 2018No. 2017–CP–00090–COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRIFFIS, P.J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Mac Kenzie Willis appeals the circuit court's dismissal of his complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Because we find the circuit court had jurisdiction, we reverse and remand.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Willis is an inmate in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). In January 2006, Willis was convicted of one count of unlawful touching of a child and one count of statutory rape. He was sentenced to fifteen years for the unlawful touching of a child and twenty years for statutory rape, with the sentences to run concurrently, for a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

Siggers v. EppsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2007
Miller v. Provident Advertising & Marketing, Inc.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
Horton v. EppsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009
Moore v. MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

3Cited by2 opinions

Dennis Jobe a/k/a Dennis James Jobe Jr. a/k/a Dennis Jobe Jr. a/k/a Dennis J. Jobe Jr. a/k/a Dennis James Jobe v. State of Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections and Earnest Lee;Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2019
MacKenzie Willis v. Lt. Westley, Lt. Brooks and Warden Wendell Banks;Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2019