I’m a bit confused by the article. Don’t they mean a Fed Dist Judge? I assume that’s a typo and that some Cir Ct Judge hasn’t ruled in an emergency appeal (they don’t even do that anyway they use 3 judge panels).
The decision from a month ago was appealed to the 6th Circuit, which upheld the original ruling. It is that original ruling that davis as found in contempt for violating, with a few weeeks between the order to issue marriage licenses to homos and the citation for contempt. The appeal from about a month ago was also styled as an “emergency.”