4.2.1.180 Contempt of Court

(a) Any person may be charged in contempt of court for any of the following reasons:

(1) Disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior, committed in immediate view and presence of the Court and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due to its authority.

(2) Any breach of the peace, noise, or other disturbance directly tending to interrupt the proceedings of the court.

(3) Willful disobedience of any process or order lawfully issued by the Court.

(4) Resistance willfully offered by any person to the lawful order or the process of the Court.

(5) The unlawful refusal of any person to be sworn or affirmed or refusal to answer any material questions except where refusal is based on grounds specified in the Indian Civil Rights Act of April 11, 1968 (82 Stat. 77), (25 U.S.C. 1301).

(6) The publication of a false or grossly inaccurate report of the proceedings of the Court.

(7) Any person who shall request a jury trial and fails to appear on date jury trial is scheduled.

(8) The Court may sentence a person found to be in contempt of court to confinement at labor for a period of not more than six (6) months or to pay a fine of not more than $500.00 or both, with costs, and may also issue such orders as are necessary to enable the person to purge himself of the contempt. ,There is no right to a jury in a civil contempt hearing.