Court Opinion

ID: 9461388
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:13:33.152557+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:37:02.439957
License: Public Domain

WALLACE, Circuit Judge,
(concurring):
I concur with the majority except for the last section of the opinion entitled “Punishment” and the vacation of the remainder of the sentence imposed. The district court should be left free to hold a hearing pursuant to Rule 42(b). If it does so, a new penalty may be imposed. Such a hearing may produce evidence which would be relevant to whether the imposition of a new contempt sentence requires modification. I cannot make that judgment before the Rule 42(b) hearing. Therefore, I would reverse merely on the basis that the district court proceeded upon Rule 42(a) instead of Rule 42(b).