Bly v. Henry

This is an appeal from two orders of the Superior Court finding Tom Bly in contempt and confining him in jail for a total of 12 days.

The facts are these. Tom Bly, a frequent pro se litigant *470in the Snohomish County Superior Court,1 appeared in that court on May 10, 1979, representing himself in a civil action entitled "Tom Bly v. David Henry, et al." He was wearing a shirt with open collar. When the court asked him why he was not wearing a coat and tie in the courtroom as he had been previously ordered to do, Bly responded that he could not afford those articles of clothing. The court took…