Reposted by Katie Benner
How does an office too understaffed to respond to detainees’ release petitions or obey release orders once issued or file status reports have staff to appeal a vacated civil contempt fine where the only defense was to beg for the “good graces” of the court?
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Lessons From the Minnesota Civil Contempt Case
“The government’s understaffing and high case load is a problem of its own making,” a federal judge observed.