Brian Mark Cogan

Judge Cogan requires duplicate complete documentary exhibit sets, an exhibit list, and a witness list to be handed to the Courtroom Deputy at the beginning of trial.

The following must be handed to the Courtroom Deputy at the beginning of trial in duplicate (so that the Court’s Law Clerk has a copy as well as the Court): (a) A complete set of documentary exhibits; (b) A list of all exhibits; and (c) A copy of the list of witnesses.

In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.

For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.

Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.

Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.