ROUGEAU v. SHEPARD

No. 91-CA-258.

607 So.2d 1227 (1992)

James ROUGEAU v. Captain Orville SHEPARD, Sgt. Joe Errington, Sgt. A. Breland, Officer James Walley and Officer Lewis Crawford.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Rougeau, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Kimberly Y. Jones, John L. Clay, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, and Leonard C. Vincent, Parchman, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and SULLIVAN and BANKS, JJ.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

Here we revisit the question of the scope of proceedings had to determine whether a prisoner shall be allowed to proceed in forma pauperis. We conclude that the hearing was allowed to progress beyond the limited scope of such proceedings. For that reason, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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On December 7, 1990, James Rougeau (Rougeau), prisoner in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, filed...

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