Wyo. UPL R. 8

(a) The Supreme Court may use its civil contempt power to enforce a subpoena

issued by the Committee, to ensure a person’s compliance with the Committee and Bar

Counsel’s investigation into the unauthorized practice of law, a person’s compliance

with the terms of a consent agreement reached in accordance with subparagraph (3) of

paragraph (f) of Rule 5, or to ensure a person’s compliance with a Court ordered

injunction issued under Rule 7.

(b) Bar Counsel shall bring the following to the attention of the Court in a verified

motion for order to show cause:

(1) a person’s failure to obey a Committee subpoena;

(2) a person’s obstruction of the Committee or Bar Counsel in the performance of

their duties;

(3) a respondent’s failure or refusal to comply with any Court order that is yet

within the respondent’s power to perform; or

(4) a respondent’s failure to abide by the terms of a consent agreement entered

into under subparagraph (3) of paragraph (f) of Rule 5.

(c) The Court may refer the matter to the district court in which the respondent

resides or, if the respondent is not a Wyoming resident, to the district court for the First

Judicial District, for issuance of an order directing the respondent to appear and show

cause why the respondent should not be held in civil contempt of court and why the

Court should not impose remedial sanctions on the respondent. The district court shall

conduct an evidentiary hearing and submit its findings of fact and conclusions of law to

the Court.

(d) The Court may impose on a person held in civil contempt of court one or more of

the following remedial sanctions:

(1) Imprisonment which may extend only so long at is serves a coercive purpose;

(2) An order designed to ensure compliance with a prior order of the court; or

(3) Any other remedial sanction other than the sanctions specified in subparagraph (1) or (2) if the Court expressly finds that those sanctions would be

ineffectual to terminate a continuing contempt of court.