https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/20/aryan-brotherhood-case-alleged-mexican-mafia-member-caught-with-prison-handcuff-key-as-judge-considers-unprecedented-restrictions/

SACRAMENTO — In three weeks, a federal judge is set to decide on a prosecution motion to bar a group of alleged Aryan Brotherhood members and associates from personally attending “non-critical” hearings in a racketeering and multiple-count murder case against them.

On Jan. 8, federal Judge Kimberly Mueller will decide whether to force several defendants to use a videoconferencing system in lieu of attending court, which prosecutors argue is necessary because the defendants are dangerous. It is a move that Mueller acknowledged at an Oct. 23 court hearing was unprecedented in federal litigation, though she said she’d still consider approving it.