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U.S. v. PEOPLES

Nos. 11-4963, 11-4965.

698 F.3d 185 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert PEOPLES, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Peoples, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Parks N. Small , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Susan Zalkin Hitt , Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kimberly H. Albro , Research and Writing Specialist, Caroline Scrantom , Second Year Law Student, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. William N. Nettles , United States Attorney, Jane B. Taylor , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

No. 11-4963 affirmed; No. 11-4965 reversed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge NIEMEYER joined.

OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

Robert Peoples challenges two convictions for criminal contempt. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the first conviction and reverse the second.

I.

Peoples, a former inmate, has brought a number of § 1983 civil actions against prison officials in federal court in South Carolina. The district court scheduled jury selection in three of these cases for February 24, 2011 before Judge Cameron...

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