SCHOTT, Chief Judge.
In the midst of a civil proceeding he was prosecuting as a plaintiff, relator, Gene Hess, was found to be in direct contempt of court and was sentenced to pay a fine and to serve a three month jail sentence consecutive to his present imprisonment at Angola. He has appealed the contempt adjudication. On our own motion we dismiss the appeal because a judgment holding a party to a lawsuit in contempt of court is not appealable; the aggrieved party...
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