YOUNGSTOWN The attorney representing former Mahoning Deputy Clerk of Courts Jennifer Ciccone is fighting the contempt of court ruling that ordered her to pay $4,000 and serve ten days in the Mahoning County Jail.

Ciccone's attorney, Charles Strader, filed a series of motions on Thursday, asking the court to stop the jail sentence and financial penalty and to cancel the entire case.

Mahoning County Common Pleas Judge Maureen Sweeney issued the contempt order on Wednesday after Ciccone, administrator for the estate of Andrew Rauzan, failed to pay a settlement to plaintiff Carol Lynne Morgan. Ciccone was ordered to report to jail on Nov. 21.

Strader argues the court no longer has the legal authority to act in the case because the original lawsuit was dismissed by both parties on April

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