A Los Fresnos family is asking a state district court to stop a Cameron County justice of the peace from ordering spankings in his courtroom and to remove the judge from office.
They're also asking for a temporary restraining order against him to prevent the judge from permitting or authorizing corporal punishment of all minors in his courtroom.
The family's petition alleges that on April 9, Garza told the then-14-year-old girl and her stepfather that the teen would be found guilty of a criminal offense and fined $500 for not attending school unless Zurita spanked her in the courtroom.
The petition alleges Garza directed Zurita to repeatedly strike his stepdaughter on the buttocks with a large, heavy wooden paddle fashioned from a thick piece of lumber in open court and in the presence of other adults and juveniles.
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Judge ordered public spankings
