# DoJ Lawyer Challenges Contempt Order

> DoJ lawyer asks appeals court to reverse improper contempt order against Mexican man's driver's license case.
- Title: DoJ Lawyer Challenges Contempt Order · Law & Crime | Shortify
- Summary: DoJ lawyer asks appeals court to reverse improper contempt order against Mexican man's driver's license case. A military lawyer claims a judge wrongly held…
- Keywords: doj, us circuit court, military lawyer, contempt order, unlawfully detained, driver's license, ice, mexican man, jag lawyer, us attorney, operation metro surge, biden appointee
- Source: Law & Crime — https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/doj-lawyer-insists-theres-really-not-a-legal-dispute-here-while-asking-appeals-court-to-reverse-entirely-improper-contempt-order-against-apologetic-jag-lawyer
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- Topics: doj, us circuit court, military lawyer, contempt order, unlawfully detained, driver's license, ice, mexican man, jag lawyer, us attorney, operation metro surge, biden appointee
## DoJ Lawyer Challenges Contempt Order
Special assistant U.S. attorney Matthew Isihara, a JAG lawyer, asked an appeals court to reverse a contempt order against him.
## Contempt Order Details
U.S. District Judge Laura Provinzino ordered the release of Rigoberto Soto Jimenez, a Mexican man living in Minnesota who was unlawfully detained.
## Contempt Order Consequence
Provinzino slapped Isihara with a $500 daily fine until ICE returned Jimenez's property, which it did the next day.
## DOJ's Appeal Argument
DOJ attorneys argued Provinzino's contempt order was 'wholly improper' and 'stained the reputation of a hardworking career federal attorney'.
## Amicus Curiae Position
Amicus curiae Jeffrey Justman argued the case was moot because the contempt had been purged by the district court.
## Standing to Appeal
The court questioned whether Isihara had standing to appeal after the contempt order was purged by the district court.
## Case Resolution
DOJ attorneys requested the 8th Circuit to wipe the contempt order, saying the government was apologetic and working to resolve the issue.
## Key takeaway

A military lawyer claims a judge wrongly held him in contempt for failing to return a driver's license to an unlawfully detained Mexican man.