The moving parties, acting as foreign representatives and trustees in bankruptcy, brought a motion for contempt against the responding party for failing to attend an examination as ordered.
The responding party brought a motion for the presiding judge to recuse herself, alleging a reasonable apprehension of bias based on the moving parties' submissions regarding the bankrupt's character.
The court dismissed the recusal motion, finding no objective basis for bias.
The court then granted the contempt motion, finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the responding party intentionally failed to comply with a clear and unequivocal order to attend the examination.
The responding party was given 10 days to purge his contempt.