SALEM, Indiana — Less than a month after a woman accused of killing her 5-year-old son filed a civil lawsuit against a southern Indiana court official, a special judge has dismissed the complaint.
Dejaune Anderson, the mother of Cairo Jordan, sought more than $31 million in damages, claiming a Washington County court official mishandled handwritten motions in her criminal case.
An attorney representing the court official argued Anderson’s complaint failed to comply with Indiana trial rules, adding her allegations were “frivolous, baseless and without merit.”
Harrison County Circuit Court Judge John Evans was appointed to serve as a special judge in the civil case on June 11. Six days later, Evans ruled to dismiss the lawsuit against the court official.
He also denied Anderson’s numerous motions filed in the civil case as well.
Anderson is charged with murder, neglect of a dependent and obstruction of justice in Cairo Jordan’s death. In 2022, the young boy’s body was found inside a suitcase that had been dumped in rural Washington County.
She spent nearly two years on the run before being arrested in California earlier this year.
Anderson’s criminal trial is expected to begin in August, and she is looking to represent herself in court.
Indiana Judge Larry Medlock won’t allow that to happen without her undergoing two psychiatric exams to determine if she is competent to stand trial.
However, it appears Anderson isn’t complying with those exams as a recent hearing was pushed back to July.
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