Can a federal court order that a defendant be held in contempt of court for failing to comply with a federal contempt order?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jerry's Famous Deli, Inc. v. Papanicolaou, 383 F.3d 998 (9th Cir. 2004):
error. See SEC v. Hickey, 322 F.3d 1123, 1128 (9th Cir.), amended by 335 F.3d 834 (9th Cir.2003) (we review a district court's contempt order for abuse of discretion); In re Dyer, 322 F.3d 1178, 1191 (9th Cir.2003) (we review the underlying findings of fact for clear error). We affirm the contempt order.
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