Watkins v. The City of Montgomery
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ORDER directing that counsel for the named plaintiff, Roosevelt Watkins, and the defendant, City of Montgomery, must inform the Court of whether the named plaintiff and the defendant give their consent to the video recording and whether there are any limitations on that consent by completing and filing with the Court the form appended hereto no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 2013, as further set out. Signed by Honorable Judge Mark E. Fuller on 2/20/13. (scn, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
NORTHERN DIVISION
ROOSEVELT WATKINS, et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
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CITY OF MONTGOMERY,
Defendant.
CASE NO. 2:11-cv-158-MEF
(WO – Do Not Publish)
ORDER
The Middle District of Alabama is participating in a nationwide pilot program to
evaluate the effectiveness of cameras in federal courtrooms. This pilot program applies to
civil cases only. No proceedings may be recorded without the approval of the presiding
judge, and parties must consent to the recording of each proceeding in a case. The recordings
will be made publicly available on www.uscourts.gov and may also be on local participating
court websites at the court’s discretion. Proceedings will not be broadcast live. The Judicial
Conference
of
the
United
States
website,
located
at
http://www.uscourts.gov/multimedia/cameras.aspx, provides a detailed overview of the pilot
program.
It is ORDERED that counsel for the named plaintiff, Roosevelt Watkins, and the
defendant, City of Montgomery, must inform the Court of whether the named plaintiff and
the defendant give their consent to the video recording and whether there are any limitations
on that consent by completing and filing with the Court the form appended hereto no later
than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 2013. If consent is given, the Court will assume
that all proceedings in this case—other than jury selection and any other proceedings or
portions of proceedings specified to be excluded on the form attached—can be recorded.
DONE this the 20th day of February, 2013.
/s/ Mark E. Fuller
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
NORTHERN DIVISION
ROOSEVELT WATKINS, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
CITY OF MONTGOMERY,
Defendant.
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CASE NO. 2:11-cv-158-MEF
(WO – Do Not Publish)
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR VIDEO RECORDING
Pursuant to the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case
Management Guidelines for the Cameras Pilot Project in the District Courts, this Court
requests that the proceedings in the above-captioned case be video recorded.
On behalf of
[party name] and any witnesses called by
[party name] in this case,
[party name]
consents to the following (please check the appropriate box):
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Consent is given to video-record all proceedings in this case.1
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Consent is not given to video-record some, but not all, of the proceedings in
this case.
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Consent is not given to record the following proceedings and/or parts of
proceedings (you may, but are not required to, provide an explanation for why these
proceedings and portions of proceedings should not be recorded):
1. Even where full consent is given, the jury selection process will never be video recorded.
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Consent is not given to record the testimony of the following witnesses
(you may, but are not required to, provide an explanation for why these witnesses should not
be recorded):
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Consent is not given to record any of the proceedings in this case (you
may, but are not required to, provide an explanation for why consent is not given):
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Signature of Attorney:
Date:
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