Halsey v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Filing 52

ORDER: It is ORDERED that counsel for Plaintiff George Michael Halsey, as Administrator of the Estate of Martha Josephine Halsey, Deceased, and Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company must inform the Court of whether consent is given for 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, 1/24/2013. 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 onthe form attached--can be recorded. Signed by Honorable Judge Mark E. Fuller on 1/22/2013. (dmn, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
EASTERN DIVISION
GEORGE MICHAEL HALSEY, AS
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE
OF MARTHA JOSEPHINE HALSEY,
DECEASED,

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Plaintiff,
v.
STATE FARM MUTUAL
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant.

CASE NO. 3:11-cv-1092-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(WO – Do Not Publish)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 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 Plaintiff George Michael Halsey, as Administrator
of the Estate of Martha Josephine Halsey, Deceased, and Defendant State Farm Mutual

Automobile Insurance Company must inform the Court of whether consent is given for 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, January 24, 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 22nd day of January, 2013.

/s/ Mark E. Fuller
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
EASTERN DIVISION
GEORGE MICHAEL HALSEY, AS
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE
OF MARTHA JOSEPHINE HALSEY,
DECEASED,
Plaintiff,
v.
STATE FARM MUTUAL
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant.

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CASE NO. 3:11-cv-1092-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):
[ ] Consent is given to video-record all proceedings in this case.1
[ ] 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

1. Even where full consent is given, the jury selection process will never be video recorded.

of proceedings (you may, but are not required to, provide an explanation for why these
proceedings and portions of proceedings should not be recorded):
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
[]

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):
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
[]

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):
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

Signature of Attorney:

Date: