ORDER

CATHY BISSOON, District Judge.

Consistent with the discussions at the Conference on November 30, 2015, Defendant's request to proceed in this criminal action pro se has been granted. Mr. Burney's appointment will continue, but only in the limited capacity as that of standby counsel. Mr. Burney shall continue to be noticed, though, on all communications to and from the Court.

The scope of Mr. Burney's participation shall be limited, as follows. Mr. Burney shall appear at the Final Pretrial Conference on January 19, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., and for the duration of the trial in this case, scheduled to commence on February 1, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. At those proceedings, Mr. Burney is responsible for providing advice or assistance only to the extent that Defendant so requests, or if he is directed to do so by the Court. Mr. Burney is not responsible for conducting any additional factual investigation on Defendant's behalf; conducting any legal research that Defendant may request; preparing any motions, briefs or other filings on Defendant's behalf; or mailing service of process on Defendant's behalf. Defendant is responsible for all aspects of pretrial-filing, and the Court will not accept filings from Mr. Burney.

Otherwise, Mr. Burney's participation will be limited to conferring with government's counsel to resolve the outstanding discovery issues referenced during the November 30th Conference. As a separate matter, by December 30, 2015, the government shall provide to Defendant a computer disc (or discs) containing scanned copies of those paper documents subject to production, not already within Defendant's possession, as discussed at the Conference.

Finally, from now through trial, Defendant must comply with all applicable Federal Rules, Court Orders, deadlines, and practices and procedures, and his pro se status will not constitute a valid excuse for non-compliance.

IT IS SO ORDERED.1