Daniel L. Hovland

Judge-specific source

Counsel should expect to bring any equipment expected to be used at trial. A VCR, an overhead projector, a television presenter (ELMO), audio cassette tape player, a screen, and an easel for the display of oversized exhibits are available in the courtroom. The Court prefers the use of the ELMO system to present evidence.

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.