Federal proceedings – 19-cv-941

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.):

2023-03-22 [134] Order reassigning case to Magistrate Judge Bradley Rath

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

2020-04-28 [31] Southern Bancorp’s Motion to Dismiss

2019-12-30 [1] Complaint