LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall

Judge Hall requires parties to provide tabbed binders containing pre-marked trial exhibits by the first day of trial, with no binder exceeding two inches.

After the pretrial conference, and no later than the first day of trial, all parties must provide the Court with tabbed binders containing copies of exhibits that have been pre-marked in accordance with the pretrial order. Exhibit binders must be appropriately sized for their contents, with no single binder exceeding two (2) inches.

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.