Opinion
NO. 3:09CV00031 BSM.
September 9, 2010
ORDER
Nicole De Sario, Sean Keveney, Stacey McCord, Tim Brickell or his representative (John Kost or Jackie Prim), Lauyren Frogale, Joy Larry, Tony L. Wilcox, Scott J. Lancaster, Jeff O. Scriber, Bobby L. Hurt, Sue R. Hurt and Raney E. Coleman, are hereby authorized to bring a cell phone, laptop computer, or personal digital assistant into the Craighead County Courthouse Annex, 511 Union Avenue, 4th Floor, Jonesboro, Arkansas between Tuesday, October 5, 2010, and Friday, October 8, 2010, subject to the following rules:
(a) The devices mentioned above may not be used to record, photograph, or film anyone or anything inside the courthouse.
(b) Cell phones must be turned off and put away when in the courtroom.
(c) Wireless internet components of electronic devices must be deactivated when in district courtrooms.
(d) The United States Marshals Service may further restrict electronic devices from entering the building should a threat assessment so dictate.
A violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (c) may result in seizure of the electronic devices, withdrawal of the privilege to bring an electronic device into the courthouse, or other sanctions. A violation of the prohibition on recording, photographing, or filming anyone or anything inside the courthouse may be punished as contempt of court.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 9th day of September, 2010.