Opinion ID: 768048
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Change in Employment Status

Text: 23 Section VI.A of the Final Judgment creates affirmative obligations that apply independent of any resumed telemarketing activity. Section VI.A required Teri Chierico to report to the FTC any change in her employment status. The FTC did not present any evidence at the First Contempt Hearing as to a change in Teri Chierico's employment status, rather it first raised the charge (inappropriately) during closing argument. (1st Supp.R2-365). Even if we accept the FTC's allegation, the burden rests on the complaining party, here the FTC, to show by clear and convincing evidence that the alleged contemnoracted in violation of the court's order. See Jordan, 851 F.2d at 1292. Thus, the district court's finding is unsupported by the evidence and, as such, constitutes an abuse of discretion.