In Re: Bridgewater

Filing 1

ORDER OF CONTEMPT. Signed by District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr on 5/23/2018. (eef)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:18-mc-93
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In Re:
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KEVIN BRIDGEWATER
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court for summary contempt proceedings,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 401(1) and Fed. R. Crim. P. 42(b).
The Court certifies the following: on May 22, 2018, the Court was proceeding
with the probation revocation hearing of Cheryl Jones, Case No. 3:15-cr-229.
During the hearing, the Court was talking with the lawyer for Ms. Jones about facts
important to the resolution of the hearing. Mr. Bridgewater, the son of Ms. Jones,
got up from his seat in the first row of the gallery; gestured in disgust by waiving his
hand and yelling something; and then slammed the back door of the courtroom as he
exited abruptly. The Court observed all of this disruptive conduct and finds that it
obstructed the administration of justice by impairing the Court’s ability to have a
conversation with the lawyer about serious matters respecting the revocation
hearing. Accordingly, summary contempt proceedings were necessary to maintain
order in the courtroom.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Kevin Bridgewater is found in
contempt of court and sentenced to one night’s imprisonment.

Signed: May 23, 2018

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