v. CAUSE No. 22-cv-00286-EFP
and
v.
COUNTY OF HINDS
TO: Dewey Phillip Bryant
7009 Highway 28
Hazlehurst, MS 39083
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to produce, ON OR BEFORE 10 DAYS FROM THE
DATE OF RECEIPT OF THIS SUBPOENA, a true and correct copy ofthe documents designated
below, and to mail or otherwise transmit exact copies of said documents to counsel for Mississippi
Community Education Center at Carroll Bufkin, PLLC, 1076 Highland Colony Parkway, 600
Concourse, Suite 125, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157. The documents to be produced are:
ALL DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"
Your personal appearance is not required. The requested Documents may be delivered
personally to counsel or by U.S. Mail or other carrier to arrive at the aforesaid location within ten
(10) days from the date this Subpoena was served.
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Please complete and return a notarized original of the attached "Certificate of Authenticity"
with your production of Documents.
and have then and there this writ.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL AND ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE, this the
)£____day <if~~&r~+-----2022.
Thomas G. Bufkin
Luke E. Whitaker
1076 Highland Colony Parkway
600 Concourse, Suite 125
Ridgeland, MS 39157
T: (601) 982-5011
F: (601) 853-9540
[email protected]
[email protected]
2
By:~ /
Deputy Clerk
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..
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the reproduction of records attached to this certificate are, to
the best of my knowledge, true and accurate copies of the records requested in this Subpoena
Duces Tecum. The originals of said documents are on file with me personally and said records
were made and kept in the regular course of business.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that I am the person responsible for maintaining and controlling
these records, and/or the appointed designee responsible for the release of these records.
Dated this the __ day of ______ 2022.
COUNTY OF-------
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBE before me this the __ day of _______ _
2022.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
3
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I,--------------' process server, do hereby certify that I am not
a party to the above-captioned civil action, am not less than 18 years of age, and have delivered
the above-and-foregoing SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM by serving a true and correct copy of
same upon __________________________ _
Thisthe __ dayof ________ 2022.
Process Server
COUNTY OF ____ _
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBE before me this the __ day of _______ 2022.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
4
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...
EXHIBIT "A" TO SUBPOENA
Definitions
A "Document" is any written, recorded, or graphic material of any kind, whether prepared
by you or by any other person, that is in your possession, custody, or control. You are deemed to
have "control" if you have the right to secure the Document or a copy thereof from another person
or entity. The definition of "Document" includes, without limitation, electronic mail ("email");
text messages; instant messages; direct messages; correspondence; letters; telegrams; agreements;
contracts; inter-office communications; memoranda; reports; summaries; notes; notebooks;
scrapbooks; diaries; calendars; plans; drawings; sketches; blueprints; diagrams; photographs;
photocopies; charts; graphs; descriptions; minutes of meetings, conferences, conversations or
communications; invoices; purchase orders; bills of lading; recordings; published or unpublished
speeches or articles; publications; transcripts; phone voice mail; ledgers; financial statements;
accounting records; general ledgers; microfilm; microfiche; tape or disc recordings; and computer
print outs. It also includes all drafts of a Document and all copies that differ in any respect from
the original or other versions including any notation, underlining, marking, marginalia, or
information of any kind not in any original or other versions. A "Document" further includes all
electronically stored data from which any information can be obtained, either directly or indirectly,
or by translation through detection devices or readers, and includes information stored in, or
accessible through, computer or other information retrieval systems (including any computer
archives or back-up systems).
The "USM Volleyball Center" refers to the facilities located on the University of Southern
Mississippi campus at or around 101 M.K. Turk Circle, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, which
have been or are being used, in whole or in part, to serve women's volleyball and/or women's
beach volleyball.
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Exhibit "A"
DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS
1. All Documents including, without limitation, Documents reflecting communications
between you and any person or entity concerning the USM Volleyball Center.
2. All Documents including, without limitation, Documents reflecting communications
between you and any person or entity concerning funding for the USM Volleyball Center.
3. All Documents, including, without limitation, Documents reflecting communications
between you and any person intended to further efforts to secure funding from MDHS for
the USM Volleyball Center.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF fiNDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
v. CAUSE No. 22-cv-00286-EFP
and
v.
COUNTY OF HINDS
TO: Office of Attorney General for Mississippi
550 High Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to produce, ON OR BEFORE 10 DAYS FROM THE
DATE OF RECEIPT OF THIS SUBPOENA, a true and correct copy ofthe documents designated
below, and to mail or otherwise transmit exact copies of said documents to counsel for Mississippi
Community Education Center at Carroll Bufkin, PLLC, 1076 Highland Colony Parkway, 600
Concourse, Suite 125, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157. The documents to be produced are:
ALL DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"
Your personal appearance is not required. The requested Documents may be delivered
personally to counsel or by U.S. Mail or other carrier to arrive at the aforesaid location within ten
(10) days from the date this Subpoena was served.
I -
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Please complete and return a notarized original of the attached "Certificate of Authenticity"
with your production of Documents.
and have then and there this writ.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL AND ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE, this the
~day~ 2022.
Thomas G. Bufkin
Luke E. Whitaker
1076 Highland Colony Parkway
600 Concourse, Suite 125
Ridgeland, MS 39157
T: (601) 982-5011
F: (601) 853-9540
[email protected]
[email protected]
2
By~ /
Deputy Clerk
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the reproduction of records attached to this certificate are, to
the best of my knowledge, true and accurate copies of the records requested in this Subpoena
Duces Tecum. The originals of said documents are on file at the OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR MISSISSIPPI and said records are made and kept in the regular course of
business.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that I am the person responsible for maintaining and controlling
these records, and/or the appointed designee responsible for the release of these records.
Dated this the __ day of ______ 2022.
COUNTY OF ______ _
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBE before me this the __ day of ______ _
2022.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
3
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I, ______________ , process server, do hereby certify that I am not
a party to the above-captioned civil action, am not less than 18 years of age, and have delivered
the above-and-foregoing SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM by serving a true and correct copy of
same upon _________________________ _
This the __ day of ________ 2022.
Process Server
COUNTY OF ____ _
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBE before me this the __ day of _______ 2022.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
4
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EXHIBIT "A" TO SUBPOENA
Definitions
A "Document" is any written, recorded, or graphic n::taterial of any kind, whether prepared
by you or by any other person, that is in your possession, custody, or control. You are deemed to
have "control" if you have the right to secure the Document or a copy thereof from another person
or entity. The definition of "Document" includes, without limitation, electronic mail ("email");
text messages; instant messages; direct messages; correspondence; letters; telegrams; agreements;
contracts; inter-office communications; memoranda; reports; summaries; notes; notebooks;
scrapbooks; diaries; calendars; plans; drawings; sketches; blueprints; diagrams; photographs;
photocopies; charts; graphs; descriptions; minutes of meetings, conferences, conversations or
communications; invoices; purchase orders; bills of lading; recordings; published or unpublished
speeches or articles; publications; transcripts; phone voice mail; ledgers; financial statements;
accounting records; general ledgers; microfilm; microfiche; tape or disc recordings; and computer
print outs. It also includes all drafts of a Document and all copies that differ in any respect from
the original or other versions including any notation, underlining, marking, marginalia, or
information of any kind not in any original or other versions. A "Document" further includes all
electronically stored data from which any information can be obtained, either directly or indirectly,
or by translation through detection devices or readers, and includes information stored in, or
accessible through, computer or other information retrieval systems (including any computer
archives or back-up systems).
The "USM Volleyball Center" refers to the facilities located on the University of Southern
Mississippi campus at or around 101 M.K. Turk Circle, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, which
have been or are being used, in whole or in part, to serve women's volleyball and/or women's
beach volleyball.
The "USM Volleyball Center Leases" include all Documents related in any way to:
(a) "Amended and Restated Lease between the University of Southern Mississippi and the
University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, Inc." and/or
(b) "Sublease between The University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, Inc.
and Mississippi Community Education Center."
"TANF" is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program operated by the State
ofMississippi pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. 43-17-1 and 42 U.S.C. §601, as well as other provision
of State and federal law.
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EXHIBIT "A"
DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED WITIDN TEN (10) DAYS
1. All Documents relating in any way to the USM Volleyball Center.
2. All Documents relating in any way to the USM Volleyball Center Leases.
3. All Documents reflecting or relating in any way to approval, in whole or in part, by the
Office of the Attorney General for Mississippi of any aspect of the USM Volleyball Center
and/or the USM Volleyball Center Leases.
4. All Documents reflecting or relating in any way to conclusions reached by the Office of
the Attorney General for Mississippi, prior to the date of execution of the USM Volleyball
Center Leases, that construction of the USM Volleyball Center was a permissible T ANF
expenditure and served a T ANF purpose.
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IN THE CIRCillT COURT OF IDNDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
v. CAUSE No. 22-cv-00286-EFP
and
v.
COUNTY OF HINDS
TO: Institutions of Higher Learning
State of Mississippi
3825 Ridgewood Rd.
Jackson, Mississippi 39211
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to produce, ON OR BEFORE 10 DAYS FROM THE
DATE OF RECEIPT OF THIS SUBPOENA, a true and correct copy ofthe documents designated
below, and to mail or otherwise transmit exact copies of said documents to counsel for Mississippi
Community Education Center at Carroll Bufkin, PLLC, 1076 Highland Colony Parkway, 600
Concourse, Suite 125, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157. The documents to be produced are:
ALL DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"
Your personal appearance is not required. The requested Documents may be delivered
personally to counsel or by U.S. Mail or other carrier to arrive at the aforesaid location within ten
(1 0) days from the date this Subpoena was served.
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..
Please complete and return a notarized original of the attached "Certificate of Authenticity"
with your production of Documents.
and have then and there this writ.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL AND ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE, this the
day of 2022.
Thomas G. Bufkin
Luke E. Whitaker
107 6 Highland Colony Parkway
600 Concourse, Suite 125
Ridgeland, MS 39157
T: (601) 982-5011
F: (601) 853-9540
[email protected]
[email protected]
Deputy Clerk
2
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..
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the reproduction of records attached to this certificate are, to
the best of my knowledge, true and accurate copies of the records requested in this Subpoena
Duces Tecum. The originals of said documents are on file at the INSTITUTIONS OF IDGHER
LEARNING OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI and said records are made and kept in the
regular course of business.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that I am the person responsible for maintaining and controlling
these records, and/or the appointed designee responsible for the release of these records.
Dated this thL-day of 2022.
COUNTY OF __________ __
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBE before me this the __ day of ______ __
2022.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
3
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I, ______________ , process server, do hereby certify that I am not
a party to the above-captioned civil action, am not less than 18 years of age, and have delivered
the above-and-foregoing SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM by serving a true and correct copy of
same upon _________________________ __
This the __ day of ________ 2022.
Process Server
COUNTY OF ____ _
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBE before me this the __ day of _______ 2022.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
4
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..
EXHffiiT "A" TO SUBPOENA
Definitions
A "Document" is any written, recorded, or graphic material of any kind, whether prepared
by you or by any other person, that is in your possession, custody, or control. You are deemed to
have "control" if you have the right to secure the Document or a copy thereof from another person
or entity. The definition of "Document" includes, without limitation, electronic mail ("email");
text messages; instant messages; direct messages; correspondence; letters; telegrams; agreements;
contracts; inter-office communications; memoranda; reports; summaries; notes; notebooks;
scrapbooks; diaries; calendars; plans; drawings; sketches; blueprints; diagrams; photographs;
photocopies; charts; graphs; descriptions; minutes of meetings, conferences, conversations or
communications; invoices; purchase orders; bills of lading; recordings; published or unpublished
speeches or articles; publications; transcripts; phone voice mail; ledgers; financial statements;
accounting records; general ledgers; microfilm; microfiche; tape or disc recordings; and computer
print outs. It also includes all drafts of a Document and all copies that differ in any respect from
the original or other versions including any notation, underlining, marking, marginalia, or
information of any kind not in any original or other versions. A "Document" further includes all
electronically stored data from which any information can be obtained, either directly or indirectly,
or by translation through detection devices or readers, and includes information stored in, or
accessible through, computer or other information retrieval systems (including any computer
archives or back-up systems).
The "USM Volleyball Center" refers to the facilities located on the University of Southern
Mississippi campus at or around 101 M.K. Turk Circle, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, which
have been or are being used, in whole or in part, to serve women's volleyball and/or women's
beach volleyball.
The "USM Volleyball Center Leases" include all Documents related in any way to:
(a) "Amended and Restated Lease between the University of Southern Mississippi and the
University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, Inc." and/or
(b) "Sublease between The University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, Inc.
and Mississippi Community Education Center." .
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EXHIBIT "A"
DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED WITIDN TEN (10) DAYS
1. All Documents relating in any way to the USM Volleyball Center.
2. All Documents relating in any way to the USM Volleyball Center Leases.
3. All Documents reflecting, or relating in any way to, approval, in whole or in part, by the
Office of the Attorney General for Mississippi of any aspect of the USM Volleyball Center
and/or either of the USM Volleyball Center Leases.
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v. CAUSE No. 22-cv-00286-EFP
and
v.
COUNTY OF HINDS
TO: The University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, Inc.
Registered Agent: Richard C. Giannini
Pat Ferlise Center- 3001 West 4th Street
Hattiesburg, MS 39402
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to produce, ON OR BEFORE 10 DAYS FROM THE
DATE OF RECEIPT OF THIS SUBPOENA, a true and correct copy of the documents designated
below, and to mail or otherwise transmit exact copies of said documents to counsel for Mississippi
Community Education Center at Carroll Bufkin, PLLC, 1076 Highland Colony Parkway, 600
Concourse, Suite 125, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157. The documents to be produced are:
ALL DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"
Your personal appearance is not required. The requested Documents may be delivered
personally to counsel or by U.S. Mail or other carrier to arrive at the aforesaid location within ten
(10) days from the date this Subpoena was served.
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Please complete and return a notarized original of the attached "Certificate of Authenticity"
with your production of Documents.
and have then and there this writ.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL AND ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE, this the
::AS day of~"""7:...._____=.,,__ _ _ 2022.
Thomas G. Bufkin
Luke E. Whitaker
1076 Highland Colony Parkway
600 Concourse, Suite 125
Ridgeland, MS 39157
T: (601) 982-5011
F: (601) 853-9540
[email protected]
[email protected]
Deputy Clerk
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the reproduction of records attached to this certificate are, to
the best of my knowledge, true and accurate copies of the records requested in this Subpoena
Duces Tecum. The originals of said documents are on file at THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, INC. and said records are made and
kept in the regular course of business.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that I am the person responsible for maintaining and controlling
these records, and/or the appointed designee responsible for the release of these records.
Dated this the __ day of ______ 2022.
COUNTY OF ______ _
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBE before me this the __ day of _ _ _____ _
2022.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
3
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I, ______________ , process server, do hereby certify that I am not
a party to the above-captioned civil action, am not less than 18 years of age, and have delivered
the above-and-foregoing SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM by serving a true and correct copy of
same upon. _________________________ _
This the __ day of ________ 2022.
Process Server
COUNTY OF ____ _
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBE before me this the __ day of _______ 2022.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
4
I
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EXHIBIT "A" TO SUBPOENA
Definitions
A "Document" is any written, recorded, or graphic material of any kind, whether prepared
by you or by any other person, that is in your possession, custody, or control. You are deemed to
have "control" if you have the right to secure the Document or a copy thereof from another person
or entity. The definition of "Document" includes, without limitation, electronic mail ("email");
text messages; instant messages; direct messages; correspondence; letters; telegrams; agreements;
contracts; inter-office communications; memoranda; reports; summaries; notes; notebooks;
scrapbooks; diaries; calendars; plans; drawings; sketches; blueprints; diagrams; photographs;
photocopies; charts; graphs; descriptions; minutes of meetings, conferences, conversations or
communications; invoices; purchase orders; bills of lading; recordings; published or unpublished
speeches or articles; publications; transcripts; phone voice mail; ledgers; financial statements;
accounting records; general ledgers; microfilm; microfiche; tape or disc recordings; and computer
print outs. It also includes all drafts of a Document and all copies that differ in any respect from
the original or other versions including any notation, underlining, marking, marginalia, or
information of any kind not in any original or other versions. A "Document" further includes all
electronically stored data from which any information can be obtained, either directly or indirectly,
or by translation through detection devices or readers, and includes information stored in, or
accessible through, computer or other information retrieval systems (including any computer
archives or back-up systems).
"You" and "Your" refer to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation,
Inc. ("USMAF") and its board members, officers, employees, agents, and any other person acting
on its behalf.
The "USM Volleyball Center" refers to the facilities located on the University of Southern
Mississippi campus at or around 101 M.K. Turk Circle, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406, which
have been or are being used, in whole or in part, to serve women's volleyball and/or women's
beach volleyball.
The "USM Volleyball Center Leases" include all Documents related in any way to:
(a) "Amended and Restated Lease between the University of Southern Mississippi and the
University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, Inc." and/or
(b) "Sublease between The University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation, Inc.
and Mississippi Community Education Center."
"TANF" is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program operated by the State
of Mississippi in conjunction with the federal government pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §601 and Miss.
Code Ann. 43-17-1 , as well as other applicable provisions of federal and State law.
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DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS
1. All Documents including, without limitation, Documents reflecting communications
between You and any person or entity relating in any way to the USM Volleyball Center
and/or the USM Volleyball Center Leases.
2. All Documents including, without limitation, Documents reflecting communications
between You and any person or entity relating in any way to funding, in whole or in part,
for the USM Volleyball Center.
3. All Documents including, without limitation, Documents reflecting communications
between You and any person or entity relating in any way to pledges or promises for
funding, in whole or in part, for the USM Volleyball Center.
4. All Documents relating in any way to Your conclusion prior to the date of execution of the
USM Volleyball Center Leases that the USM Volleyball Center and/or the USM Volleyball
Center Leases were permissible TANF expenditures and the USM Volleyball Center
served a T ANF purpose.
5. All Documents including, without limitation, Documents reflecting communications
between You and anyone with the Attorney General's Office for Mississippi in relation to
the USM Volleyball Center and/or the USM Volleyball Center Leases.
6. All Documents, including, without limitation, bank statements and other financial records
identifying transactions wherein funds were received by You from any entity or person, or
paid by You to any person or entity, in relation to the USM Volleyball Center and/or the
USM Volleyball Center Leases.
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