Jack Zouhary

Electronics strongly encouraged

The Court strongly recommends use of courtroom electronics and directs counsel to test whether presentations can be seen and heard from the jury box.

Electronics strongly encouraged

Electronic exhibits, including audio or visual exhibits, are due on a single storage device no later than two weeks before trial.

Electronics strongly encouraged

The official court profile identifies current status, courtroom, and links to the judge’s trial and JERS orders.

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.