They were late, they were late for a very important date – the Mad Hatter thinking of Judge Acker

The Louis Carrol version of the Mad Hatter said if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.

In the wonderland of Alabama’s federal courts, Judge William Acker has been mad-as-a-hatter since the dismissal of his criminal concept charge against Mississippi attorney Dickie Scruggs -so mad, in fact, he took the first road he could find to charge Scruggs will civil contempt.

The motion of defendants, Cori Rigsby and Kerri Rigsby (“Rigsbys”),for summary judgment for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is DENIED.

Retaining jurisdiction made it possible for Acker to make his move.

the court finds that the Rigsbys, and non-parties, Richard Scruggs and The Scruggs Law Firm, P.A. (“Scruggs”), are guilty of civil contempt by virtue of their untimely or incomplete compliance with the preliminary injunction entered on December 8, 2006. Continue reading “They were late, they were late for a very important date – the Mad Hatter thinking of Judge Acker”