Appellate Court Stays O.C. Judge’s Order Banning Waist Shackles in Courtrooms

Appellate Court Stays O.C. Judge’s Order Banning Waist Shackles in Courtrooms
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In Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes’s legal challenge against a ban on the routine shackling of inmates with waist chains in county courthouses, the sheriff has won a temporary victory.

The California Court of Appeals stayed a Nov. 18 order by California Superior Court Judge Kathleen Roberts banning the use of waist shackles for inmates awaiting their court appearances in Orange County court holding cells.

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