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Washington Supreme Court Holds Ongoing Contempt Not Required to Impose Sanctions for Violating Injunction Against Releasing Sex Offender Records
Loaded on May 1, 2021
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2021, page 50
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Disclosure of Records.
Location:
Washington.
by Matt Clarke
On November 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington held that a trial court erred when it dismissed a prisoner’s contempt motion over the release of his sex offender treatment records in violation of a court’s injunction because there was no ongoing contempt. However, ...
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