Russell v. Evans

1. Pursuant to the order of the superior court in a civil contempt hearing, Russell has been imprisoned in the county jail since June 11, 1990. No court reporter attended the hearing, and there is no transcript of the proceedings, or brief of the evidence. Russell’s earlier application for discretionary review of the contempt order was denied. His petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court was dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies. His petition for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed, the state habeas corpus court holding that it was “impossible to reconstruct…