![]() “There’s so many ways, particularly when you’re the one in the robe, to reach out to a member of the public, to reach out to a family member, to reach out to a child and say, ‘I want good things for you,’ and that’s not the way to do it. “I don’t think there’s any other way to read that experience other than an attempt to shame her and humiliate her into some sort of future action,” she said. Michele McKenzie, who represents the teen and her mother, said: “She is confused and embarrassed. Lopez did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday afternoon. “Psychologists have found that shackling is ‘humiliating for young people’ who are more vulnerable to lasting harm from feeling humiliation and shame than adults” Lopez said. Mayra Lopez, who represented the defendant, said in her court filing that it was the first time the man’s daughter had attended his hearings and that Benitez’s actions were “psychologically damaging and harmful.” The chief judge of the 9th Circuit, Mary Murguia, issued an order Tuesday confirming an investigation and saying she “identified a misconduct complaint against Judge Benitez.”īenitez did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. The incident sparked an inquiry by the chief judge for the Southern District of California, Dana Sabraw, who contacted the higher 9th Circuit Court about the allegations on Feb. He told that her she was “an awfully cute young lady” but that if she didn’t stay away from drugs, she would “wind up in cuffs” and be “right back there where I put you a minute ago,” the documents says. She cried continuously, according to the court documents.īenitez released her and had her uncuffed. ![]() He ordered the marshal to cuff her hands behind her back and instructed her to sit in a jury box for a few minutes, the documents say. Benitez then ordered the 13-year-old to leave the spectator area, approach the front of the courtroom and stand next to her father’s lawyer, the transcripts say. ![]()
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