Chief judge: Court strives for compassion in pandemic-related eviction cases
Charles Belenky of Jewish Memphians for Social Justice leads a rally on the steps of the Judge D’Army Bailey Courthouse on Monday, June 15, where court reopened in-person eviction proceedings after three months. The tenant advocates were calling on judges to show mercy and on lawmakers to make laws fairer for tenants, and informing renters where they can seek legal and social help. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
General Sessions Civil Court resumed in-person hearings Monday with nearly 300 eviction cases on the docket for the day. But don’t construe that to mean the court is like some “assembly line or factory,” the chief judge says.
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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.
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