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• Judges elsewhere in the state were holding the agency in contempt around that time over similar delays, court filings show.
  — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
• The complaint alleges Martinez then directed her to leave the courtroom and threatened to hold her in contempt or jail her.
  — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
• Paul plans to hold a vote next week on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress, which could potentially lead to fines or jail time.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 July 2026
• The petition filed in California state court asks to hold her in contempt and issue an injunction barring her from exercising unilateral control over estate property.
  — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
• The motion asked a third time for the judge to hold Reyes in contempt for not complying with the divorce’s terms on custody of the couple’s daughter and Quiroz-Mata’s property, namely tools and multiple vehicles.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2026
• Kansas City’s firefighters union says the city has ignored a judge’s order to carry out a 2023 arbitration award and is asking a Jackson County judge to hold the city in contempt.
  — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
• When a mother privately holds her body in contempt while publicly modeling acceptance, daughters are often perceptive enough to register both messages simultaneously — and the private one, the unspoken one, frequently wins.
  — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• The prosecutor disclosed the escalating case numbers in court while trying to provide some context for Moore, who recently held a hearing to determine whether to find ICE in contempt of court for violating his and other judges’ orders.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
• Yet Paul's grounds for holding Fauci in contempt ignore that any false statement Fauci made to the committee in 2026 could have exposed him to accusations of perjury outside the time period of Biden's pardon.
  — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 29 July 2026
• Last year, the judge, appointed to the federal bench by Barack Obama, held Florida’s attorney general in contempt of court and separately ordered the closure of Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
• Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told reporters on Wednesday his panel would vote next week on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress for declining to provide testimony to lawmakers.
  — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 29 July 2026