Rule 2 Power and Enforcement
Part One: Rules of Discipline
Rule Text
(a) Each of the disciplinary agencies is hereby given such jurisdiction and lawful powers as are necessary to conduct a proper and speedy disposition of any grievance or
complaint.
(b) Each party to a grievance or complaint shall have the power to summons and examine witnesses under oath and to compel their attendance, or take or cause to be taken the deposition of witnesses, and to order the production of books, papers, records, and other documentary evidence necessary or material to the investigation, grievance, or complaint. All summonses or subpoenas shall be issued by the Clerk of the Court, and it shall be the duty of any person so summoned to appear and testify as in the writ commanded and to produce the books, papers, records, or other documentary evidence required. Summonses and subpoenas issued by the Clerk of the Court shall be served according to the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
(c) Any defiance of any summons or subpoenas so issued, or other extrajudicial conduct which shall inhibit, impede, or disrupt any of the above disciplinary agencies as designated in these Rules in the performance of the duties and in the exercise of the powers herein given shall be treated as contempt of Court and punishable accordingly.
Procedure
(2.1) The Clerk of the Court shall file all pleadings and issue all process. Costs shall be paid by the party or person requesting the issuance.