San Diego federal Judge Roger Benitez was publicly reprimanded Wednesday for a February 2023 courtroom incident in which he ordered a defendant’s 13-year-old daughter handcuffed in a “scared straight” attempt to discourage her from using drugs.

The Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit found that Benitez went too far when he had a marshal shackle the teen and that he created “a spectacle out of a minor child,” potentially discouraging other families and friends from publicly supporting defendants at sentencings.