Gov. Phil Bryant Appoints Court Of Appeals Judge

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed a state senator to be a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Sean Tindell of Gulfport will join the appeals court Nov. 2.

He will fill a vacancy created when Bryant moved Judge David Ishee up to the Mississippi Supreme Court. Judges in Mississippi serve without party labels.

Tindell was elected as a Republican to the state Senate in November 2011 and took office in January 2012. His district is entirely in Harrison County.

Bryant will set a special election to fill the final two years of the current four-year Senate term.

The 43-year-old Tindell is chairman of the Senate Judiciary A Committee.

Sean Tindell