A $5 million federal lawsuit filed by a Hamilton County woman against Meigs County, Tennessee, and a county judge has been settled after the judge was dismissed from the case.
In the suit filed Sept. 13, 2024, Tena J. Clark alleged her civil rights under the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and 14th amendments were violated in a February 2024 Courthouse incident involving General Sessions Judge Casey Stokes, according to documents filed in federal court in Chattanooga. Clark contended she was unlawfully arrested and jailed during the incident.
A flurry of court actions preceded Friday’s order acknowledging the parties reached a settlement and granting a scheduling conference in the case in September. The case was adjudicated through court-ordered mediation presided over by Sharon Lee, a former Tennessee Supreme Court justice.
The settlement amount has not been disclosed.
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