Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Mar 7, 2023
Karla K. Allsberry, Respondent, vs. Judge Patrick S. Flynn, In His Individual Capacity, Appellant.
Judge Patrick S. Flynn appealed a trial court's judgment finding him in contempt for violating a permanent injunction that restored Karla K. Allsberry as circuit clerk. The trial court had imposed a per diem fine if Judge Flynn failed to purge himself of contempt within ten days. The appellate court dismissed the appeal, holding that it lacked jurisdiction because the contempt judgment was not a final, appealable judgment, as Judge Flynn had purged himself of contempt, rendering the appeal moot, and the per diem fine had not been enforced.