Berry v. Superior Court

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

Petitioner Richard S. Berry seeks special action relief from an order holding him in civil contempt for failing to produce financial records at a judgment debtor’s examination, and from a resulting civil body attachment. This court, having sua sponte raised the issue of its subject matter jurisdiction, has concluded that it lacks special action jurisdiction to review a contempt adjudication. We therefore have transferred this special action to the Arizona Supreme Court pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-120.22(B).

The court of appeals has limited subject matter jurisdiction. Our…