Filed: Apr. 05, 2012
Latest Update: Apr. 05, 2012
Summary: ORDER BRIAN S. MILLER, District Judge. Stephen Strauss, Stefani Rothermel and Robert Thompson are hereby authorized to bring a cell phone, laptop computer, or personal digital assistant into the United States Federal Courthouse in Jonesboro beginning Monday, April 9, 2012, and each day thereafter until the trial is completed in the above styled case, subject to the following rules: (a) The devices mentioned above may not be used to record, photograph, or film anyone or anything inside the cou
Summary: ORDER BRIAN S. MILLER, District Judge. Stephen Strauss, Stefani Rothermel and Robert Thompson are hereby authorized to bring a cell phone, laptop computer, or personal digital assistant into the United States Federal Courthouse in Jonesboro beginning Monday, April 9, 2012, and each day thereafter until the trial is completed in the above styled case, subject to the following rules: (a) The devices mentioned above may not be used to record, photograph, or film anyone or anything inside the cour..
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ORDER
BRIAN S. MILLER, District Judge.
Stephen Strauss, Stefani Rothermel and Robert Thompson are hereby authorized to bring a cell phone, laptop computer, or personal digital assistant into the United States Federal Courthouse in Jonesboro beginning Monday, April 9, 2012, and each day thereafter until the trial is completed in the above styled case, 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) Before persons with electronic devices are granted entry into the courthouse, all devices must be examined by the United States Marshals Service or Court Security Personnel. This examination includes, but is not limited to placing the devise through electronic screening machines and requiring the person possessing the device to turn the power to the device off and on.
(e) 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.
