U.S. v. HERNANDEZ

No. 13-1453.

771 F.3d 707 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adrian HERNANDEZ, Defendant. Miguel R. Velasco, Attorney-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs*: Miguel R. Velasco , Commerce City, CO, Appellant-Attorney, on the briefs.

John F. Walsh , United States Attorney, and J. Bishop Grewell , Assistant United States Attorney, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before GORSUCH, Circuit Judge, SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and MURPHY, Circuit Judge.


SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

The District Court sanctioned the defense attorney in the underlying criminal case for contempt. The attorney appeals, arguing that the Court erred in conducting the contempt proceeding as direct contempt, rather than following the more protective proceedings applicable to indirect contempt. Upon review, we conclude that the District Court committed no reversible error, and for the reasons more fully set out below, we affirm.

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