William J. Clinton v. Dolly Kyle Browning

Dolly Kyle Browning, a nonparty witness in Paula Corbin Jones’s civil suit against President William Jefferson Clinton, filed a motion asking the district court to hold President Clinton in criminal contempt of court, to recuse itself, and to transfer the matter to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The district court denied Browning’s motion and later, on its own motion, held the President in civil contempt for willfully disobeying the court’s discovery orders and giving false and misleading deposition testimony.

Browning now appeals, raising various…