In the United States District Court for the Southern District of  Mississippi, Jackson Division

March 30, 2004 Olivia Y. et al. v. Haley Barbour et al. Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of  Mississippi, Jackson Division Every year, the State of Mississippi receives over 10,000 reports that children are being physically abused, starved, sexually abused, neglected, or otherwise maltreated. The State is charged with the responsibility of protecting these children. It is failing in its duty. Through years of mismanagement, underfunding, and deliberate indifference, the State has knowingly allowed its system for protecting children to collapse, leaving Mississippi's most vulnerable children defenseless. This is a civil rights . . .