More 750 firefighters from around San Diego were part of a massive wildfire training exercise.
The 9th Circuit said U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez had no authority to handcuff the teen girl during his attempt to teach her a lesson about drugs.SAN DIEGO — A San Diego-based U.S. District judge who ordered a U.S. marshal to handcuff a defendant’s 13-year-old daughter during a 2023 hearing has been disciplined for judicial misconduct.stems from a 2023 sentencing hearing where U.S. District Judge Roger T.
Following an investigation, the Judicial Council said,"the shackling of a spectator at a hearing who is not engaged in threatening or disorderly behavior exceeds the authority of a district judge. Second, creating a spectacle out of a minor child in the courtroom chills the desire of friends, family members, and members of the public to support loved ones at sentencing."
In written responses to the Judicial Council, Benitez, a district judge serving since 2004, said his actions were motivated by"a desire to change the alleged behavior of Mr. Puente's daughter." As part of the discipline by the 9th Circuit, Benitez cannot be assigned to any new criminal cases and is only approved to preside over non-criminal civil cases.
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