Chief judge calls courtroom media ban for Mizuhara arraignment 'unfortunate error'
The judges are blaming the courthouse security officers for not allowing journalists inside the courtroom for Tuesday's hearing in a case of international interest.
The chief federal judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday called the decision to bar journalists from the courtroom during Ippei Mizuhara’s arraignment an “unfortunate error” by courthouse security.
U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee blamed a “miscommunication” for why only a sketch artist was allowed inside U.S. Magistrate Judge Jean P. Rosenbluth’s courtroom w…