Derrick Kahala Watson

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Any such device is subject to security inspection. Inside a courtroom, no person may use an electronic device for any purpose, except attorneys of record, who are authorized to use an electronic device only in connection with a then ongoing, case-related FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF HAWAII Lucy H. Carrillo, Clerk…

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.