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Rally planner Elliott Kline jailed for defying orders
Another Unite the Right organizer is in jail. Very few folks end up in jail in a civil suit.
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C-VILLE Weekly @cville_weekly
White supremacist Elliott Kline (aka Eli Mosley), a defendant in Sines v. Kessler, has surrendered to U.S. Marshals and will serve jail time after refusing to comply with various court orders last fall, according to Integrity First for America.
C-VILLE Weekly @cville_weekly
White supremacist Elliott Kline (aka Eli Mosley), a defendant in Sines v. Kessler, has surrendered to U.S. Marshals and will serve jail time after refusing to comply with various court orders last fall, according to Integrity First for America.
Background from WINA radio:
Rally planner Elliott Kline faces jail for defying orders
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – An organizer of a white nationalist rally in Virginia that erupted in violence in 2017 is facing jail time for failing to comply with court orders in a federal lawsuit against him and other rally participants, according to a group backing the suit.
U.S. District Judge Norman Moon on Monday ordered Elliott Kline to report to a U.S. Marshals office on Jan. 6, “making clear that he will sit in jail until the court is satisfied he has complied with court orders and purged himself of contempt,” Integrity First for America said in a news release.
The judge also ordered Kline to pay $600 in sanctions to plaintiffs who sued him and other far-right extremists who organized the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, the group said.
Amy Spitalnick, the group’s executive director, said in an email that the judge ruled from the bench on Monday. A written order wasn’t immediately docketed online.
Moon found Kline in civil contempt of court in November and ordered him to appear at a hearing in Charlottesville.
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Rally planner Elliott Kline faces jail for defying orders
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – An organizer of a white nationalist rally in Virginia that erupted in violence in 2017 is facing jail time for failing to comply with court orders in a federal lawsuit against him and other rally participants, according to a group backing the suit.
U.S. District Judge Norman Moon on Monday ordered Elliott Kline to report to a U.S. Marshals office on Jan. 6, “making clear that he will sit in jail until the court is satisfied he has complied with court orders and purged himself of contempt,” Integrity First for America said in a news release.
The judge also ordered Kline to pay $600 in sanctions to plaintiffs who sued him and other far-right extremists who organized the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, the group said.
Amy Spitalnick, the group’s executive director, said in an email that the judge ruled from the bench on Monday. A written order wasn’t immediately docketed online.
Moon found Kline in civil contempt of court in November and ordered him to appear at a hearing in Charlottesville.
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More at: https://wina.com/news/064460-rally-planner-elliott-kline-faces-jail-for-defying-orders/
Edit to add:
Here is the announcement by Integrity First For America
Neo-Nazi Defendant Elliot Kline Surrenders to US Marshals for Jail Time in IFA's Charlottesville Case
By: Integrity First For America Press Releases
Court Ordered Kline (aka Eli Mosley) to Report to Jail, Pay Additional Monetary Sanctions After He Willfully Defied Multiple Court Orders Requiring Him to Turn Over Evidence
CHARLOTTESVILLE – Today, neo-Nazi defendant Elliott Kline (aka Eli Mosley) surrendered himself to the custody of the U.S. Marshals in Sines v. Kessler—the landmark federal lawsuit backed by Integrity First for America against the neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and hate groups responsible for the Unite the Right violence.
Kline’s surrender follows a series of hearings and filings in which Kline was given the opportunity — but failed — to purge himself of contempt.
As Friday's order detailed, Kline has “inexplicably” failed to comply with the various discovery orders issued by the court; he was found in contempt at a hearing in late November.
Kline will remain in custody until he purges himself of contempt. Kline was also ordered to pay additional monetary sanctions of $200 a day to the plaintiffs; this follows a $600 fine he was ordered to pay last month.
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https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org/newsroom/neo-nazi-leader-elliott-kline-ordered-to-report-to-jail-on-monday-pay-additional
By: Integrity First For America Press Releases
Court Ordered Kline (aka Eli Mosley) to Report to Jail, Pay Additional Monetary Sanctions After He Willfully Defied Multiple Court Orders Requiring Him to Turn Over Evidence
CHARLOTTESVILLE – Today, neo-Nazi defendant Elliott Kline (aka Eli Mosley) surrendered himself to the custody of the U.S. Marshals in Sines v. Kessler—the landmark federal lawsuit backed by Integrity First for America against the neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and hate groups responsible for the Unite the Right violence.
Kline’s surrender follows a series of hearings and filings in which Kline was given the opportunity — but failed — to purge himself of contempt.
As Friday's order detailed, Kline has “inexplicably” failed to comply with the various discovery orders issued by the court; he was found in contempt at a hearing in late November.
Kline will remain in custody until he purges himself of contempt. Kline was also ordered to pay additional monetary sanctions of $200 a day to the plaintiffs; this follows a $600 fine he was ordered to pay last month.
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https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org/newsroom/neo-nazi-leader-elliott-kline-ordered-to-report-to-jail-on-monday-pay-additional