In re Dow

Alcala, J.,

filed a statement dissenting from the denial of rehearing.

On original consideration of this Court’s sua sponte motion to hold attorneys David Dow and Jeffrey Newberry in contempt, I was the sole dissenter from this Court’s order banning Dow from practicing in this Court for one year. In this Court’s order, I specified that, unlike this Court’s majority, I would hold Dow in contempt, assess a $1,000 fine ($500 for each of two pleadings), and place him on two years’ probation with the sole condition that he abide by this Court’s rules. That proposed punishment, which I determined was…