U.S. v. Howard, No. 03-50524 (9th Cir.) (429 F.3d 843) (November 15, 2005) (Judge Mary M. Schroeder)
In this consolidated interlocutory appeal involving 17 defendants whose motions to unshackle were denied without an evidentiary hearing, the Ninth Circuit has struck down, as unjustified, a blanket policy of the U.S. Marshal’s Service to shackle every defendant at their initial appearance in the huge Central District of California. Writing ...
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