Feb. 2, 2021
Conduct unappealing
Code of Civil Procedure Section 1209(a)(1) includes as a contempt of court: “disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior toward the judge while holding court, tending to interrupt the due course of a trial or other proceeding.”
Benjamin G. Shatz
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Appellate Law (Certified), Litigation
Email: bshatz@manatt.com
Benjamin is a certified specialist in appellate law who co-chairs the Appellate Practice Group at Manatt in the firm's Los Angeles office. Exceptionally Appealing appears the first Tuesday of the month.
Did you hear about the lawyer who wouldn't stop texting in court? Apparently a North Carolina lawyer refused to stop "distracting conduct in a courtroom during ongoing immigration proceedings as directed by both the presiding immigration judge and the uniformed bailiff." The judge testified that instead of paying attention to the proceedings, the lawyer "was pretty much non-stop glued to her cell phone ... texting away," which was "very d...
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