This case involved the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance seeking an interim suspension of County Court Judge William Agin. The Commission subsequently filed a supplementation for the record recommending that its petition for interim suspension be dismissed. The Mississippi Supreme Court, after consideration, granted the recommendation and dismissed the petition for interim suspension.

procedure

The case involved the Mississippi Bar seeking disciplinary action against attorney David Zachary Scruggs following his guilty plea in federal court to one count of misprision of a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 4. Scruggs filed a motion to dismiss the formal complaint but did not oppose the Bar's subsequent requests for indefinite suspension and eventual disbarment. The court dismissed the pending motions as moot and ordered that Scruggs' name be stricken from the rolls of the Mississippi Bar, resulting in his permanent disbarment under Rule 6 of the Mississippi Rules of Discipline due to the felony conviction. The order included standard requirements for notification to clients, courts, and other authorities, as well as recovery of costs by the Bar.

criminal law