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Government Sends Amish Farmer to Federal Pen for 6 Years Over Labels They Didn't Like

Justice Department wants Mississippi to expand community mental health services

JACKSON • The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to force Mississippi’s mental health agency to increase the number of community-oriented mental health services in the state. As part of the ongoing litigation between the federal government and the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, attorneys for the federal government in court documents on Friday submitted the detailed plan to U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves that asked him to appoint an external monitor to ensure Mississippi complies with any court-ordered remediation. “The Proposed Remedial Plan provides for a Court-appointed Monitor both because of the complexity of the issues in this case and because of the State’s decade-long failure to remedy widely acknowledged deficiencies in its adult mental health system,” the DOJ’s filing reads.

Supreme Court to Hear Major Abortion Case - The New York Times

The Supreme Court will hear a major abortion case. Activists demonstrating for and against abortion rights in front of the Mississippi state capitol in Jackson, Miss. in 2019.Credit...Andrea Morales for The New York Times May 17, 2021, 9:52 a.m. ET The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a case from Mississippi challenging Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. The case will give the court’s new 6-to-3 conservative majority its first opportunity to weigh in on state laws restricting abortion. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19- 1392, concerns a law enacted by the Republican-dominated Mississippi legislature that banned abortions if “the probable gestational age of the unborn human” was determined to be more than 15 weeks. The statute included narrow exceptions for medical emergencies or “a severe fetal abnormality.”

Supreme Court to Hear Major Abortion Case

Supreme Court to Hear Major Abortion Case Adam Liptak © Andrea Morales for The New York Times Activists demonstrating for and against abortion rights in front of the Mississippi state capitol in Jackson, Miss. in 2019. The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a case from Mississippi challenging Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion. The case will give the court’s new 6-to-3 conservative majority its first opportunity to weigh in on state laws restricting abortion. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19- 1392, concerns a law enacted by the Republican-dominated Mississippi legislature that banned abortions if “the probable gestational age of the unborn human” was determined to be more than 15 weeks. The statute included narrow exceptions for medical emergencies or “a severe fetal abnormality.”

Fitch defends state mental health care system against possible court ruling

TUPELO • Even as her office argues in court that the state of Mississippi is providing adequate mental health services, Attorney General Lynn Fitch says she might consider fighting a judge's ruling to the contrary.  The state is currently asking U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to find that it has made sufficient improvements since he ruled in 2019 that Mississippi was in violated of federal law and “operates a system that unlawfully discriminates against persons with serious mental illness.” In a recent filing with the court, the attorney general's office argued that since this ruling, the state has made improvements to its mental health services, with additional improvements planned.

Court of Appeal urges Part 36 clarity after rejecting 'not genuine' offer

In Seabrook v Adam, the court dismissed the claimant’s costs appeal and said the case turned on the precise wording of the pleadings and terms of the Part 36 offer. Scott Seabrook had claimed for £10,000 for neck and back injuries following an RTA in 2014. He made two offers to settle at 90% of the value of the claim, both of which were rejected by the defendant. Following a trial, judgment was entered and damages limited to £1,574 after causation was not proved in relation to the back injury. The costs dispute was therefore over whether Seabrook had made a genuine offer to settle and if so, whether he had beaten that offer. It was said by the claimant that had his offers been accepted, the defendant would only have had to pay 90% of the damages ultimately awarded, and that at trial he obtained 100% of the damages awarded – albeit on just one part of the claim.

Mississippi ordered to submit plan for mental health services

State ordered to submit plan for mental health services

State ordered to submit plan for mental health services Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, March 4, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to file a plan to upgrade its mental health services as part of resolving litigation that’s been ongoing for at least half a decade. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves last month ordered attorneys representing the state to file a systematic plan by April 30 to improve the state’s mental health services. The state can either file an agreed-upon plan with the federal government or file a separate one if the state and federal government disagree on a remedial plan.

State ordered to submit plan for mental health services