John David Russell

Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.

Public Wi-fi Guidelines . Courtroom Technology . The United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma has technology available for use by counsel in all courtrooms.

Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.

Touch Screen Monitors: The witness box and the VEPS cart have monitors with touch annotation capabilities. Images viewed on each monitor are identical to the images appearing on all other evidence presentation monitors throughout the courtroom. • VEPS Cart Location: The LCD touch monitor on the VEPS cart acts as a control screen and video…

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.