In Re David C. Niblack

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• confirming that an attorney’s non-appearance, after notice pursuant to a lawful order, constitutes criminal contempt under the federal counterpart to section 581
• conviction of contempt sustained against attorney who had been warned frequently about tardiness and appeared two hours late
• lawyer who was nearly two hours late subject to summary contempt where he had been warned by the court numerous times about being on time
• attorney’s failure to appear “was not an isolated aberration but ‘had happened many times in the past’ contempt conviction affirmed
• willfulness demonstrated by disregard of explicit warnings and previous noncompliance
• willfulness demonstrated by disregard of explicit warnings and previous noncompliance

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