Opinion
Civil Action No. 10-cv-01880-REB-MJW
10-25-2011
MARCUS E. HARDY, Plaintiff, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant.
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
ORDER RE: MOTION TO PERMIT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THOSE
WITH CAMERAS, INTO THE COURTROOM
Blackburn, J.
The matter is before me on the Defendant's Motion Requesting Permission To Bring Audio-Visual and Cell Phones/Blackbery(ies) Into Courthouse During Trial Pursuant To Civil Practice Standards (III)(H) [#64] filed October 24, 2011. After reviewing the motion and the file, I conclude that the motion should be granted.
"[#64]" is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific paper by the court's electronic case filing and management system (CM/ECF). I use this convention throughout this order.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That Defendant's Motion Requesting Permission To Bring Audio-Visual and Cell Phones/Blackbery(ies) Into Courthouse During Trial Pursuant To Civil Practice Standards (III)(H) [#64] filed October 24, 2011, is GRANTED;
2. That subject to D.C.COLO.L.Civ.R 83.1B., which prohibits the use in the courthouse of the audio, video, or photographic recording function of any electronic device, the following are permitted to bring into the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex the equipment listed in the table, as set forth below:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦DATE FOR USE IN ¦ ¦PERSON(S) BRINGING ¦ ¦ ¦ITEM OF EQUIPMENT ¦ ¦ ¦COURTROOM ¦ ¦EQUIPMENT THROUGH SECURITY ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦Daily beginning November¦HP Laptop for Sanction ¦Lori Busch, Defendant's ¦ ¦7, 2011 ¦Trial Presentation ¦Paralegal ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦Daily beginning November¦IBM Laptop ¦Torry Garland, Esq. ¦ ¦7, 2011 ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦November 7, 2011 ¦Dell Laptop for Realtime¦Lori Busch, Defendant's ¦ ¦November 14, 2011 ¦Transcript ¦Paralegal ¦ ¦November 21, 2011 ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦November 7, 2011 ¦Sanction switcher, AMP ¦Dave Hersch or assigned ¦ ¦November 14, 2011 ¦power cords, etc. ¦representative, Visual ¦ ¦November 21, 2011 ¦ ¦Advantage ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦November 7, 2011 ¦HP Office-Jet 4315 ¦Lori Busch or Torry Garland,¦ ¦November 14, 2011 ¦Printer ¦Esq. ¦ ¦November 21, 2011 ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦November 7, 2011 ¦HP Office-Jet 6500 ¦Lori Busch or Torry Garland,¦ ¦November 14, 2011 ¦Wireless Color Printer ¦Esq. ¦ ¦November 21, 2011 ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦November 7, 2011 ¦Rolling Metal Cart for ¦Lori Busch or Torry Garland,¦ ¦November 14, 2011 ¦Trial Exhibit Notebooks,¦Esq. ¦ ¦November 21, 2011 ¦etc. ¦ ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦Duration of the Trial ¦Cell Phone/Blackberry ¦Torry Garland, Esq. ¦ ¦(11/7/11-11/22/11) ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦Duration of the Trial ¦Cell Phone/Blackberry ¦Tom Hayden, Esq. ¦ ¦(11/7/11-11/22/11) ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------+------------------------+----------------------------¦ ¦Duration of the Trial ¦Cell Phone/Blackberry ¦Lori Busch, Defendant's ¦ ¦(11/7/11-11/22/11) ¦ ¦Assigned Paralegal ¦ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦Duration of the Trial (11/¦Cell Phone/ ¦Sharon Russell, Defendant's Back-up ¦ ¦7/11-11/22/11) ¦Blackberry ¦Paralegal ¦ +--------------------------+-------------+------------------------------------¦ ¦Duration of the Trial (11/¦Cell Phone/ ¦Roby Brown, Company Representative ¦ ¦7/11-11/22/11) ¦Blackberry ¦at Counsel Table ¦ +--------------------------+-------------+------------------------------------¦ ¦Duration of the Trial (11/¦Cell Phone/ ¦Leonard Mauro, Company ¦ ¦7/11-11/22/11) ¦Blackberry ¦Representative ¦ +--------------------------+-------------+------------------------------------¦ ¦Duration of the Trial (11/¦Cell Phone/ ¦Scott Shaw, Claim Representative ¦ ¦7/11-11/22/11) ¦Blackberry ¦ ¦ +--------------------------+-------------+------------------------------------¦ ¦Duration of the Trial (11/¦Cell Phone/ ¦Dave Hersch, or assigned ¦ ¦7/11-11/22/11) ¦Blackberry ¦representative, Visual Advantage ¦ +--------------------------+-------------+------------------------------------¦ ¦November 15, 2011 ¦Cell Phone/ ¦Witness, Dr. Gregory Reichardt ¦ ¦ ¦Blackberry ¦ ¦ +--------------------------+-------------+------------------------------------¦ ¦November 15, 2011 ¦Cell Phone/ ¦Witness George Page ¦ ¦ ¦Blackberry ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
3. That the individuals listed in this order, who are permitted by this order to enter the courthouse with electronic equipment SHALL PRESENT a copy of this order to the Court Security Officers stationed at the entrance of the courthouse.
BY THE COURT:
Robert E. Blackburn
United States District Judge