U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego was reprimanded by a federal judicial panel for ordering a U.S. marshal to handcuff a drug defendant's 13-year-old daughter in the jury box, warning her about the dangers of drugs. The 9th Circuit Judicial Council stated that Benitez failed to uphold the high standards of conduct expected of a federal judge.
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A federal judicial panel on May 1 publicly reprimanded US District Judge Roger Benitez in San Diego for ordering a US marshal to handcuff a 13-year-old girl. It was a rare public rebuke for a federal judge https://t.co/qPTpqstzgd
After the girl said she did not like the cuffs, Judge Benitez allegedly told her she was “a cute young lady” but if she didn’t stay away from drugs she would likely end up in handcuffs in the future. https://t.co/QsGCooBUBL
A federal judge who ordered a defendant’s daughter handcuffed to warn her about the consequences of drug use has been reprimanded by the judicial council of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco. https://t.co/aFn8dOLYLc #ethics #legalethics
The 9th Circuit Judicial Council reprimanded California federal Judge Roger Benitez for cuffing a 13-year-old girl. The panel said Benitez failed to maintain the high standards of conduct as a federal judge https://t.co/ZAlmuDPT2n https://t.co/lCJo3ZPDyj
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U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego was reprimanded Wednesday by a judicial panel for ordering a drug defendant's 13-year-old daughter to enter the jury box, where the judge handcuffed her and warned her about the dangers of drugs. https://t.co/9ittlvm5q4