North Mississippi Chancery Judge Suspended

ACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a chancery judge suspended for 30 days without pay and publicly reprimanded for misconduct.

The Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance filed a complaint in September against Chancellor Talmadge Littlejohn of New Albany.

The commission alleges Littlejohn ordered someone jailed for non-payment of child support when the case had been appealed to the Supreme Court. The man was arrested and held for three days in the Lee County jail before he was released.

The commission says the filing of an appeal bond took the case out of Littlejohn’s court.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said Littlejohn had refused to take responsibility for his misconduct.

The court also fined Littlejohn $1,000.

The commission had proposed a $500 fine and public reprimand.