A St. Lucie County sheriff's deputy was jailed for contempt of court after failing to appear for a deposition in a double homicide case. The deputy missed two scheduled depositions in a death penalty ...

A divided federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration on Friday in a case over the president’s use of the Alien Enemies Act in deportation matters — but it did not fully snuff out a ...

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's attempt to initiate contempt proceedings against the Trump administration related to the March deportation of hundreds ...

Tory Lanez was held in contempt of court and fined $20,000 after abruptly ending a deposition in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit. The deposition unraveled quickly when Lanez, born Daystar ...

Today, in J.G.G. v. Trump, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals vacated Judge Boasberg's order finding probable cause that Administration officials were in criminal contempt of court for ...

Los Angeles authorities appeared Tuesday at a federal court hearing where a judge is considering whether to hold the city in contempt. It’s the latest step in a long-running legal saga focused on the ...

After sitting on the case for months, a federal appeals court Friday shut down the contempt of court proceeding against the Trump administration in the original Alien Enemies Act case. Both of the ...

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said Wednesday he will move quickly on a contempt inquiry centered on whether senior Trump administration officials knowingly defied his court order in March when it ...

A federal appeals court granted the Trump administration's request Friday to temporarily halt contempt proceedings ordered by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg as he weighs whether senior ...

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