Trial Practice and Courtroom Procedures 

• General Information

  • General Matters
  • Media Relations
  • Communications with Chambers
  • Facilities
  • Court Hours and Promptness
• Pre-trial Information
  • Rule 16 Conference
  • Protective Orders
  • Pleadings and Motions
  • Pretrial Procedures
  • Final Pretrial Conference
  • Settlement Conference
• Forms
• Hearing and Trial Information
  • Courtroom Decorum
  • General Trial Procedures
  • Venire and Voir Dire
  • Opening Statement and Closing Argument
  • Examination of Witnesses
  • Objections to Questions
  • Closing Arguments
  • Exibits
  • Depositions
  • Jurors
    
• Miscellaneous
  • Transcripts
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • Remittal of Disqualification
  • Notice Concerning Waiver of Judicial Disqualification
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • The Role of Magistrate Judges
  • Title and Manner of Addressing a United States Magistrate Judge
  • Notice of Availability of a U.S. Magistrate Judge to Exercise Jurisdiction
• Criminal Matters
• Entry of a Guilty Plea

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