Judge Faces Lawsuit After Handcuffing Teen Who Fell Asleep In Courtroom

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A Michigan judge is facing a lawsuit after he ordered a teenager to wear handcuffs and a jail uniform for falling asleep in his courtroom during a field trip , per NBC News .

On Wednesday (August 21), a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the 15-year-old girl, who was visiting Detroit’s 36th District Court with Greening of Detroit, an environmental non-profit, earlier this month when Judge Kenneth King ordered her to put on a jail jumpsuit and handcuffs.

The lawsuit accuses King of malicious prosecution, false arrest, and false imprisonment among other allegations…

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