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Litigation

Jun. 16, 2015

US judge removed from case for sentencing error

For the third time in as many years, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has removed U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II of Los Angeles from a criminal case over sentencing problems.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - For the third time in as many years, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
has removed U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II of the Central District from a criminal
case over sentencing problems.


In a decision Friday, a 9th Circuit panel ruled that Wright committed plain error
by letting a victi...

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