Veasley v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company

Filing 55

ORDER authorizing Will Bond, Neil Chamberlin, Sabrina Baker, and David Roe to bring electronic devices into the courthouse in Little Rock between March 7, 2011, and March 9, 2011. Signed by Chief Judge J. Leon Holmes on 3/4/11. (vjt)

Veasley v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company

Doc. 55

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION FELECIA VEASLEY v. NO. 4:10CV00124 JLH PLAINTIFF

ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY ORDER

DEFENDANT

WILL BOND, NEIL CHAMBERLIN, SABRINA BAKER, and DAVID ROE, with the law firm of McMath Woods, counsel for plaintiff in this matter, are hereby authorized to bring a cell phone, laptop computer, or personal digital assistant into the courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas, between March 7, 2011, and March 9, 2011, 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) (c) Cell phones must be turned off and put away when in the courtroom. 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 device 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.

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A violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (c) may result in seizure of the electronic device, 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. SIGNED this 4th day of March, 2011.

J. LEON HOLMES UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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