On December 30, 2019, the Receiver filed a complaint against Trustmark National Bank, Bennie Butts, Jud Watkins, Southern Bancorp Bank, and RiverHills Bank—financial institutions and professionals who provided banking services that enabled and sustained the Madison Timber Ponzi scheme. The complaint alleges the defendants’ actions contributed to the success of the Madison Timber Ponzi scheme, and therefore to the debts of the Receivership Estate.
The following are select filings (most recent first) from the federal civil case Alysson Mills vs. Trustmark, et al., No. 3:19-cv-00941 (S.D. Miss.):
2022-01-28 [128] Order regarding Consolidated Discovery
2021-12-06 [125] Receiver’s Response to Defendants’ Proposed Discovery Plan
2021-11-30 [123] Order identifying Defense Liaison Counsel
2021-10-21 [Docket entry only] “In accordance with the 10/20/2021 Text-Only Order entered in 3:18-cv-866-CWR-FKB staying this case until 1/31/2022 and ordering the parties to submit a discovery plan[.]”
2021-09-30 [119] Order granting Motion to Consolidate
2021-09-14 [117] UPS’s Reply to Receiver’s Response to UPS’s Motion to Consolidate Trustmark Case
2021-09-09 [116] Order on Motion to Dismiss Jud Watkins Without Prejudice
2021-08-25 [115] RiverHills’s Response to UPS’s Motion to Consolidate
2021-08-24 [114] Receiver’s Response to UPS’s Motion to Consolidate Trustmark case
2021-08-23 [Docket entry only] “TEXT-ONLY ORDER finding as moot [35] Motion to Compel Arbitration. Signed by District Judge Carlton W. Reeves on 8/23/21. NO FURTHER WRITTEN ORDER SHALL ISSUE ON THIS MOTION.”
2021-08-23 [112] Motion to Dismiss Jud Watkins Without Prejudice
2021-08-10 [102] UPS’s Motion to Consolidate Trustmark case
2021-05-20 [94] Order denying Motion for Interlocutory Appeal
2021-04-08 [87] Southern Bancorp’s Joinder in Trustmark’s Reply
2021-04-08 [86] Bennie Butts’s Joinder in Trustmark’s Reply
2021-04-07 [85] RiverHills’s Joinder in Trustmark’s Reply
2021-04-07 [84] Trustmark’s Reply to Receiver’s Opposition to Motion for Interlocutory Appeal
2021-03-31 [82] RiverHills’s Answer
2021-03-31 [81] Trustmark’s Answer
2021-03-31 [80] Bennie Butts’s Answer
2021-03-31 [78] Southern Bancorp’s Answer
2021-03-31 [77] Receiver’s Opposition to Motion for Interlocutory Appeal
2021-03-22 [73] Southern Bancorp’s Joinder in Motion for Interlocutory Appeal
2021-03-18 [72] RiverHills’s Joinder in Motion for Interlocutory Appeal
2021-03-18 [71] Bennie Butts’s Joinder in Motion for Interlocutory Appeal
2021-03-17 [69] Trustmark’s Motion for Interlocutory Appeal
2021-03-01 [67] Order on Motions to Dismiss
2020-06-12 [63] Receiver’s Motion for Leave to File Response to Jud Watkins’ Reply
2020-06-09 [62] RiverHills’s Reply
2020-06-09 [61] Southern Bancorp’s Reply
2020-06-09 [60] Trustmark’s Reply
2020-06-09 [59] Bennie Butts’s Reply
2020-06-09 [58] Jud Watkins’s Reply
2020-05-21 [49] Receiver’s Opposition to Jud Watkins’s Motion to Compel Arbitration
2020-05-21 [48] Receiver’s Opposition to Motions to Dismiss
2020-04-30 [39] Trustmark’s Motion to Dismiss
2020-04-30 [37] RiverHills’s Motion to Dismiss
2020-04-30 [35] Jud Watkins’s Motion to Compel Arbitration
2020-04-30 [33] Bennie Butts’s Motion to Dismiss