No. 23-1295

Linnzi Zaorski v. Nicholas Usner

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2024-06-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: child-custody civil-contempt civil-procedure contempt-of-court criminal-contempt criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence purge-clause reasonable-doubt suspended-sentence suspension-of-sentence
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Did the suspension of Ms. Zaorski's fixed jail sentence and fine, conditioned on terms wholly unrelated to the judgment which she was convicted of violating, and which judgment no longer existed, constitute a "purge clause" for the purposes of the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

2) Was Ms. Zaorski, as a matter of law, unconstitutionally convicted by a preponderance of the evidence for criminal contempt of court, which requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Due-process-clause-violation

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-15
Supplemental Brief of Linnzi Zaorski submitted.
2024-08-15
2024-07-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-06

Attorneys

Linnzi Zaorski
Richard Lynn DucoteRichard Ducote, Attorney & Counselor at Law, APLC, Petitioner