Maryellen Noreika

Judge Noreika requires double-sided courtesy copies and directs parties not to submit single-sided copies or three-ring binders.

All courtesy copies must be double-sided. Single-sided copies and three-ring binders will be rejected.

Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.

He or she will review the equipment with you. You or your staff may not use certain equipment (such as the Evidence Presentation System) until you demonstrate that you are familiar with it's proper use. .

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.