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If you get pulled over for speeding, the judge doesn't dismiss the case because you eventually slowed down.
It actually happens a lot, but it's not the judge who dismisses it, but the prosecutor's office.
There are plenty of times where the prosecutor pursues bogus charges to intimidate a citizen into taking a plea deal of a lesser charge. And if the citizen fights to go to a jury trial, the prosecutor will drop the charges so it can't go on record that they are clearly acting corruptly to protect their own.
Like this case where a citizen was arrested for calling a cop a dumbass and afterwards the prosecutor attempted to trump up the charges to aggravated assault and then dismissed charges like a week before his jury trial.
not only did I slow down your honor. I came to a complete stop when I got to my destination. I mean that is above and beyond. A complete! Stop!
Contempt of Court is a bit different. It's usually applied until the problem action is corrected. For instance, they could (in theory) hold the administration in contempt, meaning fines or even jail, until they comply with the court order to return him.
Now, they can and absolutely should be prosecuted for their actions, but it would likely need to be a separate case.