Misconduct investigation underway after federal judge in California has 13-year-old daughter of defe
Source: CNN
CNN — The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals is investigating a misconduct allegation against a federal judge who called a 13-year-old girl out of the spectator’s gallery at her father’s supervised release revocation hearing and had her handcuffed and placed in the jury box, according to court documents. US District Court Judge Roger Benitez paused a February 13 hearing in San Diego to call up the defendant’s teenaged daughter, who was attending one of her father’s hearings for the first time, according to a sentencing memorandum filed by the defendant’s attorneys, which cited a transcript of the proceedings.
Before the incident, the defendant told the judge he planned to leave the area once released and expressed concern over his daughter hanging out with the wrong people. Minutes later, Benitez ordered a marshal to handcuff the girl, who had been crying, and told her to sit in the jury box, according to the memorandum, which was filed February 23. She continued to sob, the document says.
There was a long pause, according to the document, and Benitez then had a marshal take the handcuffs off the girl. But before allowing her to return to her seat, he scolded the girl, called her “an awfully cute young lady” and warned that if she didn’t stay away from drugs she would wind back up in handcuffs, court documents say.
“I think the intent was to embarrass or humiliate her,” said Michele McKenzie, an attorney representing the girl and her mother. “I think that was the very clear message sent to her by someone with tremendous amount of power.” Benitez has not yet responded to CNN’s request for comment.
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Full headline: Misconduct investigation underway after federal judge in California has 13-year-old daughter of defendant handcuffed
Some info on that case - https://abovethelaw.com/2023/02/federal-judge-handcuffs-crying-13-year-old-girl-attending-fathers-hearing/
This was a Shrub appointee and also the architect of the overturning of California's assault weapons and associated items bans.
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Nothing extreme, just 48 hours or so, with regular feeding and watering, and not letting people hurl rotten produce at him. Nothing but white underwear though, I do want him to have to stand there visibly wallowing in his own filth for a bit. Maybe give him a laxative to make the show more entertaining 
The federal District Court for the Southern District of California where he sits is 7 (D) (hopefully soon to be (8)) - 3 (R) appointments - https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_California
If her father's been incarcerated, the mother may be a single parent that has to work to keep a roof over their heads and food in their mouths. Anyone that has not been in that position with an unruly teenager should not criticize. Have you ever watched "Scared Straight"? Kids are not the innocents from Ozzie & Harriet days. They are exposed to all kinds of crap from a very young age. You don't know what they'll be seeing on tik tok. The judge may have had a good reason to do what he did. He wanted to keep her out of his courtroom in the future. Only my opinion. 
