State Ex Rel. Tannenbaum v. Clark

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition to prevent the respondent circuit judge, the Honorable Thomas C. Clark, from the execution of an order of direct criminal contempt entered against the relator attorney, Kari Tannenbaum. The order adjudged the relator Tannenbaum guilty of two contempts. The first contempt was punished by a fine of $100, “immediately payable,” and the second, by two days’ confinement in the Jackson County Detention Center.

The relator sought and had our writ of prohibition before the execution of the orders of contempt and confinement. There…