Douglas challenges Ward 4 council primary in circuit court A special judge has been appointed to hear a civil suit filed last week over the results of the April 6 Democratic primary for Ward 4 Columbus City Council. Patricia Ann Douglas According to court filings, Patricia Ann Douglas filed the civil suit on May 6 in Lowndes County Circuit Court against her opponent, former councilman Marty Turner, in a bid to overturn Turner’s narrow victory. Monday, Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Randolph appointed former Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Larry E. Roberts of Meridian to hear the case. As of Thursday, no date for the hearing before Roberts had been set.