Khalid Ataya Versus Nisa Suanphairin

KHALID ATAYA NO. 22-C-94

VERSUS FIFTH CIRCUIT

NISA SUANPHAIRIN COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF LOUISIANA

March 11, 2022

Susan Buchholz
First Deputy Clerk

IN RE NISA SUANPHAIRIN

APPLYING FOR SUPERVISORY WRIT FROM THE TWENTY-FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT,
PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DIRECTED TO THE HONORABLE NANCY A. MILLER,
DIVISION "I", NUMBER 760-773

Panel composed of Judges Fredericka Homberg Wicker,
Robert A. Chaisson, and Hans J. Liljeberg

WRIT GRANTED

Relator Nisa Suanphairin seeks supervisory review of a February 24, 2022

judgment of the district court denying her motion to stay a January 14, 2022

order from the Domestic Commissioner for the 24th Judicial District Court that

granted a motion for contempt filed by respondent Khalid Ataya and ordered

relator’s “immediate imprisonment at the Jefferson Parish Jail for a period of

ninety (90) days without the possibility of parole, probation, or early release.” In

a separate pleading, relator has also appealed the February 24, 2022 judgment of

the district court that made final the Domestic Commissioner’s January 14, 2022

order and dismissed relator’s objection to the same.

We construe relator’s application as a request to this Court to stay the

execution of her 90-day jail sentence for contempt, pending final determination of

the merits of her appeal. On the showing made, we grant relator’s request and stay

the execution of relator’s 90-day jail sentence for contempt, pending final

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determination of the merits of her appeal. This stay pertains only to relator’s 90-

day jail sentence for contempt in this matter and shall have no effect on any other

sentences relator may be concurrently serving or upon any bond obligation

imposed upon relator for other criminal charges.

Gretna, Louisiana, this 11th day of March, 2022.

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SUSAN M. CHEHARDY CURTIS B. PURSELL

CHIEF JUDGE CLERK OF COURT

NANCY F. VEGA
FREDERICKA H. WICKER
CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK
JUDE G. GRAVOIS
MARC E. JOHNSON
ROBERT A. CHAISSON SUSAN S. BUCHHOLZ
STEPHEN J. WINDHORST
FIRST DEPUTY CLERK
HANS J. LILJEBERG
JOHN J. MOLAISON, JR. FIFTH CIRCUIT
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COUNSEL, AS LISTED BELOW:

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E-NOTIFIED
24th Judicial District Court (Clerk)
Honorable Nancy A. Miller (DISTRICT JUDGE)
Richard L. Ducote (Relator) Jeffrey M. Hoffman (Respondent)
Victora McIntyre (Relator) Gordon J. Kuehl (Respondent)

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