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MATTER OF SCOTT

No. 85-492.

517 A.2d 310 (1986)

In the Matter of Amelia SCOTT, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Thomas Maloney, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

William A. Bradford, Jr., Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, as amicus curiae.

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on brief, entered an appearance for amicus curiae United States.

Before NEBEKER, MACK and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Appellant Amelia Scott challenges an order of civil contempt issued against her by the Honorable Rufus King III, for refusing to undergo a urinalysis test based on her demeanor during her testimony as a government witness at a criminal trial. She contends that because the court's power to punish for contempt is limited to situations where an individual has acted with willful disobedience and obstructed the orderly administration of justice...

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