Criminal Law: Incarceration Reimbursement – Jurisdiction – Default Judgment

State ex rel. Nixon v. Rues (MLW No. 59972/Case No. WD70590 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.)

Where the state won a default judgment against an inmate seeking reimbursement for the costs of incarceration, the trial court properly denied the inmate’s motion to set aside the default judgment because, contrary to the inmate’s arguments, the court had subject matter jurisdiction over the case because the suit, which was filed pursuant to the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act, was a civil matter, and the court also had personal jurisdiction over the inmate because he was properly served while in a correctional facility.

Judgment is affirmed.

State ex rel. Nixon v. Rues (MLW No. 59972/Case No. WD70590 – 4 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Cole County, Beetem, J. (James P. Rues, pro se) (Laura E. Elsbury, Jefferson City, for respondent).

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