United States v. Jose Vaz Ayres

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• observing that “a district court ordinarily should not impose contempt sanctions solely on the basis of affidavits.’”
• holding 11 a “per diem fine imposed for each day a contemnor fails to comply with an 12 || affirmative court order” is a “paradigmatic civil contempt sanction[]’’
• outlining that one type of civil contempt sanction “is a per diem fine imposed for each day a contemnor fails to comply with an affirmative court order” (internal quotations and citations omitted)
• sustaining imposition of per diem fine as properly intended to coerce compliance, rather than punish the contemnor
• finding no 20 denial of due process “given ‘the overwhelming evidence’ supporting the contempt 21 motion and the fact that the alleged contemnors ‘did not present any arguments which 22 created any material issue of fact’”
• “[C]ivil contempt may be imposed in an 16 ordinary civil proceeding upon notice and an opportunity to be heard.

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