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On January 12, 2023, Fulton County Sheriff Deputies evicted a woman and children without a court order. The home was located in the Country Club of the South at 955 Tiverton Lane, Johns Creek, Fulton County, GA. The Sheriff's Deputies arrived at the home to evict former resident Derrick Jackson pursuant to a Writ of Possession (i.e., court order for eviction) entered by Fulton County Superior Court Judge, Melynee Leftridge on December 21, 2022. The court order did not have anyone else's name on it, not even the common catchall party "All Other Occupants." The order named Derrick Jackson and Derrick Jackson ''only'' as the defendant subject to the Writ of Possession. Mr. Jackson was not home when the Sheriffs arrived. Jackson's fiancé refused to leave the home without the Sheriff Deputies producing a court order with her name on it, so the Deputies proceeded to detain Jackson's daughter in a patrol vehicle until Jackson's fiancé finally came out of the house. A moving crew removed all personal items from the home, including the family safe, which they proceeded to break open and confiscate its contents. What would possess the Fulton County Sheriff's Deputies to take such constitutionally void action against a woman and children (whom they should otherwise be protecting)? To answer that question, perhaps events in the days leading up to January 12, 2023 will shed light on the sinister motives of both the Fulton County Sheriff's Department and Fulton County Judiciary.

It is that same court order described above that the Fulton County Sheriff's Deputies claimed gave them the authority to remove all residents from 955 Tiverton Lane, which is completely erroneous and a violation of the remaining residents' Due Process rights under both the Georgia and U.S. Constitutions. Though a typical eviction is conducted by the '''Civil Processing Unit''', that wasn't enough for Sheriff Pat Labat's team in this instance. Rather, the Sheriff's Deputies called the infamous SCORPION Unit for backup when Jackson's fiance refused to vacate the home. The Fulton County Sheriff's SCORPION Unit has been under fire as of late since the World watched recordings of the Memphis SCORPION unit beating Tyre Nichols to death in Tennessee. The NAACP has since put pressure on Sheriff Labat to disband Fulton County's SCORPION Unit completely. Ironically, in an article printed just weeks later in response to the NAACP's request, "Sheriff Labat said the main focus of the SCORPION Unit in Fulton County is repeat offenders in high-crime areas with warrants out for their arrest."<ref>[https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/02/02/georgia-naacp-demands-fulton-county-sheriffs-office-disband-scorpion-unit/ Georgia NAACP demands Fulton County disband SCORPION Unit]</ref> We'd be hard pressed to buy into the notion that this alleged focus should include evicting a woman and children without a court order in the Country Club of the South. Perhaps Sheriff Labat holds a more creative definition to the words "warrants" and "high-crime areas" than the rest of us.

Following the December 28, 2022 publication of the [[Karma prevails and Recusal Motion ensues]] article, but before January 12, 2023, Deputy Sheriff Captain Leon Gates "posted a comment about the above described article stating 'Ya'll will believe ANYTHING'. More exchanges took place on Facebook between counsel for [Derrick Jackson] and Leon Gates."<ref>[File:Second Motion for Recusal.pdf Second Motion For Recusal]</ref>

The Sheriff's Deputies claimed that they had a court order allowing them to evict Derrick Jackson's fiancé and children, though one was never produced. At least one of the Sheriff’s Deputies told Jackson’s family member that they had "the judge's phone number."<ref>[Second Motion for Recusal.pdf Second Motion For Recusal]</ref>

In light of her personal relationship with Captain Leon Gates and the unconstitutional eviction of the residents at 955 Tiverton Lane, counsel for Derrick Jackson filed a second motion to recuse Judge Leftridge from that case.<ref>[Second Motion for Recusal.pdf Second Motion For Recusal]</ref> There are presently three motions for recusal pending against Judge Leftridge who has yet to voluntarily recuse herself from the case.<ref>Motion For Recusal; [Second Motion for Recusal.pdf Second Motion For Recusal]; Third Motion For Recusal</ref>

February 8, 2023