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540 [ 342 IN RE: Henry Thomas JONES, IV (Arkansas Bar ID # 97018) 00-1011 29 S.W3d 364 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered November 2, 2000 CONTEMPT - SHOW-CAUSE ORDER ISSUED. - Where an attorney failed to comply with a consent order of discipline issued by the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, the supreme court granted the Committee's petition for contempt of court and ordered the attorney to appear before the court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. Petition for Contempt of Court granted; Show-Cause Order issued. ER CURIANI. A consent order of discipline was issued on p February 1, 2000, by the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, finding that Henry Thomas Jones, IV, violated the Procedures of the Arkansas Supreme Court Regulating the Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law. As part of the findings and order, the Committee ordered Mr. Jones to pay a $100 fine and costs in the amount of $6.17. Mr. Jones has neither paid the $106.17, nor communicated with the Committee why he cannot pay the sanction. Section 7(G)(1) of the Procedures of the Arkansas Supreme Court Regulating Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law provides that willful disobedience of any Committee order shall subject the attorney to contempt of the supreme court. The Committee petitions this court for an order of this court for Henry Thomas Jones, IV, to appear and show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failing to comply with the Committee's Feb-ruary 1, 2000, order. We grant the Committee's petition. [1] Henry Thomas Jones, IV, is hereby ordered to appear before this court on the 30th day of November, 2000, at 9:00 a.m., to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of this court. It is so ordered.
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