Civil Litigation,
Constitutional Law
Sep. 9, 2019
US judge ponders man's jailing over 'whopper' in civil contempt case
The plaintiff alleges his constitutional rights were violated when he was jailed in Orange County for six years in a civil lawsuit
SANTA ANA -- A court-proclaimed "whopper" about a duffel bag of missing money has presented a federal judge with a unique legal conundrum: Did the jailing of the money's owner for six years on a civil contempt charge violate his constitutional rights?
Released from jail in 2016, Zulmai Nazarzai maintained in testimony this week he doesn't know what happened to the $360,540 that led to his confinement, but he told U.S. District Judge...
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