Kelly Harrison Rankin

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An electronic evidence presentation system is available for use, and counsel is strongly encouraged to make use of this system. We encourage counsel to contact the Courtroom Deputy MiYon Bowden (see above for contact information) prior to trial for a tutorial session to improve evidence presentation and to verify compatibility of equipment. The courtroom also…

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Attorneys should provide their trial exhibits in the proper electronic format a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the start of trial. For detailed instructions on how counsel should format and submit the electronic evidence to the Court, please refer to the Jury Evidence Recording System Information (JERS) at https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/attorneys . Parties may obtain…

Judge-specific source

For detailed instructions on how counsel should format and submit the electronic evidence to the Court, please refer to the Jury Evidence Recording System Information (JERS) at https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/attorneys . P arties may obtain additional information regarding the submission of electronic exhibits by contacting the Clerk’s Office. ( h ) DEPOSITIONS : Any party proposing to…

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.