Daywatch: Attorney handcuffed to chair in Chicago courthouse
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The Cook County chief judge’s office has referred allegations made against a Cook County judge to a state board for investigation after a deputy handcuffed a lawyer to a chair at the Daley Center following a confrontation in a courtroom last month, according to an order from the office.
The imbroglio happened May 7 at the Loop courthouse during a hearing in front of Judge Kathy Flanagan, acting presiding judge of the Law Division. During the proceeding, Flanagan ordered deputies to remove attorney Brad Schneiderman from the courtroom after asking him to “stop talking” and “step back,” according to a report from the Cook County sheriff’s office.
Schneiderman walked toward the gallery, then began “turning back toward the bench” and addressed the judge again, the report said. Flanagan said “That’s it, take him!” according to the report.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Madeline Buckley.
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