IN RE LEFANDE

No. 18-7031.

919 F.3d 554 (2019)

IN RE: Deposition of Matthew A. LEFANDE, Esq., United States, Appellee v. Matthew August LeFande, Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew August LeFande, pro se, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs was Horace L. Bradshaw, Jr.

Nicholas P. Coleman , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Jessie K. Liu , U.S. Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman and John P. Mannarino , Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Before: Millett and Pillard, Circuit Judges, and Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge.


Matthew LeFande appeals an order summarily holding him in criminal contempt for refusing a magistrate judge's orders to take the witness stand and be sworn for in-court questioning on the record in lieu of an ordinary, out-of-court deposition in a civil action. LeFande served as counsel for defendants in an underlying civil...

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