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Asked 11 months ago - Philadelphia, PA
FlagI'M ON FEDERAL PROBATION... IN A UNRELATED CIVIL SUIT, THE JUDGE ISSUED A SHOW CAUSE ORDER WHY I SHOULD NOT BE HELD IN CONTEMPT FOR DECIEVEING THE COURT, IS THIS A CIVIL CONTEMPT OR CRIMINAL. I FIGURE ITS CIVIL AS WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE TO TURN IT OVER TO A PROSECUTER AND BE BE AFFORDED LEGAL RIGHTS INCLUDING ATTORNEY, SELF INCRIMINATION ETC..... SO IF ITS CIVIL AND HE FINDS ME IN CONTEMPT WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO VIOLATE ME ON MY FEDERAL PROBATION? ALSO, THIS SHOW ORDER CAUSE, I WAS NEVER SERVED, I FOUND THIS OUT THROUGH PACER , BUT WAS NOT SERVED PAPERWORK
As a former judge who used to lecture about contempt matters - direct v. indirect and remedial v. punitive - in CO and on a national basis, not only do most attorneys not understand all that must be involved in a contempt matter - most JUDGES have no clue as to what they are doing in a contempt matter. Contempts are still relatively rare. Look around in the Philly area and find an attorney who is familiar with contempts to advise you. It would take too long to explain it to you on this forum. I passed out 50-page instructional guides to judges for the past 17 years.
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