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  Daily Journal Staff Writer 

  LOS ANGELES - In the hallway of the Eastlake Juvenile Courthouse a defendant trying
  to fight with the probation officers had to be handcuffed and could not enter the
  courtroom. So, Judge Christina L. Hill came out, explaining that this was a non-adversarial
  place, where the goal was to get him help, not punish him. 

  The enraged youth cursed her to her face, and she didn't flinch, said Michael Salmag... (continued)