The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday ordered an interim suspension for the former general counsel of the Oklahoma State Department of Health after she pleaded guilty last month to sending herself threatening emails.

The order from the state's high court states that Julie Marie Ezell is immediately suspended from practicing law. Ezell has until this month to show cause as to why the order of interim suspension should be set aside. According to the docket, Ezell's attorney Ed Blau filed an application to file supplemental information to set aside the suspension Tuesday.

Blau was not immediately available for comment.

According to the high court's order, in October, Ezell pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of using a computer to violate Oklahoma statutes and another misdemeanor count of false reports of a crime. She was given two five-year deferred sentences to run concurrently with each other. She was also ordered to pay $21,810 in restitution in full up front.

Ezell was charged in July 2018 of sending herself death threats through email. Media reports said Ezell served as general counsel of the Oklahoma State Department of Health and was in charge of helping to adopt rules for medical marijuana. She reportedly sent herself emails from an account she created called "MaryJame" before and after a board vote that set the regulatory framework from medical marijuana in the state.

The Norman Transcript claims one of the emails read "[W]e will stop you and you're (sic) greed. Anyway, it takes to end your evil and protect what is ours. We will watch you."

Another email, according to media reports, read, "We would hate to hurt a pretty lady."

Ezell sent herself threatening messages regarding the marijuana rules and reported them to be someone else. On the day she was charged, she resigned saying in an email "Effective immediately I resign my position as general counsel of the Oklahoma State Department of Health. I am so sorry."