[martin_fierro]

A federal judge has given Interior Secretary Gale Norton an ultimatum: Either appear in his court or face the prospect that he'll rule against her on an accusation that she retaliated against American Indians suing her agency for lost royalties.

Royce ain't playin'. He'll do it.

[BCrago66]

Here's the opinion and order. Warning for the bandwidth challenged; it's a PDF file:

http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/96-1285bl.pdf

[Jack Deth]

I wouldn't put it past Judge Lamberth to issue a Verbal Bench Warrant and send Marshals to pick up Ms. Norton and drag her kickin' and screamin' into his court room.

Jack.