The Cook County chief judge's office has referred allegations made against a Cook County judge to a state board for investigation after a lawyer was handcuffed to a chair at the Daley Center following a confrontation in a courtroom last month.
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Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans has referred misconduct accusations against Judge Kathy Flanagan to the Judicial Inquiry Board, which will decide whether to file charges. Flanagan is the acting presiding judge of the Law Division.