Scott Wesley Skavdahl at a glance
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Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
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Requests for realtime and daily copy or other services should be made at least seven ( 7 ) business days prior to trial. (g) JURY EVIDENCE RECORDING SYSTEM (JERS): The Court is implementing a new system for electronic submission of exhibits to the Court. Attorneys should provide their trial exhibits in electronic format on a…swsfpt-jury.docx ↗
Judge-specific source
Requests for realtime and daily copy or other services should be made at least seven (7 ) business days prior to trial. (g) JURY EVIDENCE RECORDING SYSTEM (JERS): The Court is implementing a new system for electronic submission of exhibits to the Court. Attorneys should provide their trial exhibits in electronic format on a USB…swsfpt-bench.docx ↗
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 Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
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.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming
Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Identity source checked July 25, 2026.
Biography sources checked October 11, 2026.
Identity source · HTML · Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory · effective November 7, 2011 · Source checked July 25, 2026
View Federal Judicial Center biography ↗Judge Specific source · DOCX · U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming · Source checked July 24, 2026
View swsfpt-jury.docx ↗Judge Specific source · DOCX · U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming · Source checked July 24, 2026
View swsfpt-bench.docx ↗Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗Identity source · HTML · Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory · effective November 7, 2011 · Source checked July 25, 2026
View Federal Judicial Center biography ↗Identity source · DOCX · U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming · Source checked July 24, 2026
View swsfpt-jury.docx ↗Identity source · DOCX · U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming · Source checked July 24, 2026
View swsfpt-bench.docx ↗Identity source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Identity source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗Identity source · HTML · Wikidata · Source checked August 2, 2026
View Wikidata: Scott W. Skavdahl ↗Identity source · HTML · www.fjc.gov · Source checked August 6, 2026
View Skavdahl, Scott Wesley | Federal Judicial Center ↗Identity source · HTML · www.wyd.uscourts.gov · Source checked October 3, 2026
View Official Wyoming judicial source ↗Identity source · HTML · www.wyd.uscourts.gov · Source checked October 3, 2026
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