Appeals court refuses to stop evictions in West Tennessee
Personal belongings are piled outside a house on Townes Avenue, near National Cemetery. (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian file)
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the government’s request for an emergency, temporary halt to a Memphis-based ruling that allows evictions in West Tennessee.
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.