IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF
MARINE RESOURCES PLAINTIFF
VERSUS CAUSE NO. 26-cv-0176-JS
THANH HAI, INC. THOMAS THAI,
HAI THAN THAI, HOA THI PHAM,
NGAN THU THAI DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: THANH HAI, INC. THOMAS THAI, HAI THAN THAI, HOA THI PHAM, NGAN THU THAI and All Unknown Persons claiming any right, title or interest in THANH HAI, INC and the funds at issue
You have been made a Defendant in this suit filed in this Court by the DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES, seeking to interplead 2020 Bonne Carre Spillway recovery funds. A copy of the Petition to Interplead is readily available to you upon request to Plaintiff or the Harrison County Chancery Clerk. Defendants other than you in this action are THANH HAI, INC. THOMAS THAI, HAI THAN THAI, HOA THI PHAM, NGAN THU THAI and All Unknown Persons claiming any right, title or interest in and the funds at issue. You are required to mail or hand deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint and Notice to Steven Eckert, Special Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, the attorney for the Plaintiff, whose mailing address is 2555 14th Street, Gulfport, Mississippi 39501. Your response must be mailed or delivered not later than thirty (30) days after the 12th day of April, 2026, which is the date of the first publication of this summons. If your response is not so mailed or delivered, a judgment by default will be entered against you for money or other relief demanded in the Complaint. You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff, MDMR, will bring on for hearing its "PETITION FOR INTERPLEADER"; before the Honorable Jennifer Schloegel, Chancery Court Judge, in the Chancery Courtroom at the Hancock County Courthouse located at 152 Main St, Bay St Louis, MS 39520, at 9:30 A.M., on the 13th day of MAY 2026, or as soon as thereafter as counsel may be heard. You are hereby noticed and invited to attend and participate.
Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 3rd day of April, 2026.
Angela Thrash, Harrison County Chancery Court Clerk, By: Rochelle Tynes, Deputy Clerk
IPL0328911
Apr 12,19,26 2026