Reprimand of Judge Who Ordered Teen Handcuffed Affirmed by Panel

A California federal judge who ordered a teenager handcuffed at her father’s sentencing hearing was properly reprimanded, a judiciary conduct committee said.

The Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability said in a Tuesday decision that there was “no error of law or abuse of discretion” in the investigation into US District Judge Roger Benitez’s conduct.

The panel also said remedial measures ordered by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s judicial council “are appropriate and proportionate to the Judicial Council’s findings in relation to the seriousness of the misconduct.”

Benitez, who sits in the Southern District of California, ...