ESTATE OF PARKER v. MISS. DEP'T OF PUB. SAFETY

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:23-cv-185-TBM-RPM.

728 F.Supp.3d 372 (2024)

ESTATE OF La'Mello PARKER; L.S., a minor, by and through Kevin Smith, his next friend, Plaintiffs v. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Southern Division.

Signed March 29, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Matthew Eichelberger, Madeline M. Iles, Eichelberger Law Firm, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiffs.

Elizabeth Claire Barker, J. Chadwick Williams, Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, Trace D. McRaney, Dukes, Dukes, Keating & Faneca, PA, Gulfport, MS, for Defendant Mississippi Department of Public Safety.

A. Norris Hopkins, Jr., Mariano Javier Barvie, Hopkins, Barvie & Hopkins, PLLC, Gulfport, MS, for Defendants Troy Peterson, Chris Allen, Harry Moskowitz.

Tim C. Holleman, Patrick Taylor Guild, Boyce Holleman and Associates, P.A., Gulfport, MS, for Defendant Mississippi Harrison County.

Jeffrey S. Bruni, City of Gulfport City Attorney's Office, Gulfport, MS, for Defendant City of Gulfport, Mississippi.

William E. Whitfield, III, Kaara Lena Lind, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, PA, Gulfport, MS, for Defendant Michael Moran.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

On May 3, 2021, Eric Smith kidnapped his three-month-old son, La'Mello Parker, after murdering two people, including La'Mello's mother, in Baker, Louisiana. Armed with a gun, and holding La'Mello to his chest, Smith led law enforcement on...

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