A lawyer who was held in contempt after a trial judge took exception to his tactics during discovery doesn’t have to rush to perform the 100 hours of pro bono service he was ordered to do, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said Dec. 27.
While the criminal contempt order was doomed by the trial judge’s failure to follow appropriate procedures, the judge may revisit it on remand, the unpublished opinion by Judge Carolyn B. McHugh said.
Gregory Goheen represented Kansas Highway Patrol officers in a civil rights suit against them. Instead of providing the plaintiff with ...
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