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TomSlick

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8. It's a pretty simple procedure.

Reply to sarabelle (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 10:07 PM

May 2019

(1) The Judge asks the government lawyers who made the decision to not comply with the Court's order;
(2) Issue an order that the person identified in (1) appear and show cause why s/he should not be held in contempt;
(3) If that person does not appear as order, send the US Marshall to collect him or her;
(4) If the person does not convince the judge that s/he should not be held in contempt, order him/her jailed until the Court's order to provide the documents is obeyed.

See, easy-peasy.

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So what can or should Judge Sullivan do in light of DOJ refusal to turn over documents? [View all] sarabelle May 2019 OP

Lock him up!! blueinredohio May 2019 #1

Hand out some jail time due to contempt of court. abqtommy May 2019 #2

He can find them in contempt of court and order fine or arrest. But arrest will be tricky StarfishSaver May 2019 #3

Same thing they do to corporations angrychair May 2019 #4

Don't see Sullivan doing that. ooky Jun 2019 #10

Apparently, you haven't been paying attention to Judge Sullivan StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #12

Issue. Snackshack May 2019 #5

Something fishy going on in DOJ. Need to know who is calling DOJ shots here. empedocles May 2019 #6

What would happen to you if you ignored a court order? world wide wally May 2019 #7

It's a pretty simple procedure. TomSlick May 2019 #8

Arrest Barr. triron Jun 2019 #9

It depends on whether they're classified or not. n/t pnwmom Jun 2019 #11

Off with his head! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #13