Hardy v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

Filing 66

ORDER. Defendants Motion Requesting Permission To Bring Audio-Visual and Cell Phones/Blackbery(ies) Into Courthouse During Trial Pursuant To Civil Practice Standards (III)(H) 64 filed 10/24/2011, is GRANTED. By Judge Robert E. Blackburn on 10/25/2011.(sah, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Civil Action No. 10-cv-01880-REB-MJW
MARCUS E. HARDY,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,
Defendant.
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ORDER RE: MOTION TO PERMIT ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THOSE
WITH CAMERAS, INTO THE COURTROOM
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Blackburn, J.
The matter is before me on the Defendant’s Motion Requesting Permission
To Bring Audio-Visual and Cell Phones/Blackbery(ies) Into Courthouse During
Trial Pursuant To Civil Practice Standards (III)(H) [#64]1 filed October 24, 2011.
After reviewing the motion and the file, I conclude that the motion should be granted.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That Defendant’s Motion Requesting Permission To Bring Audio-Visual
and Cell Phones/Blackbery(ies) Into Courthouse During Trial Pursuant To Civil
Practice Standards (III)(H) [#64] filed October 24, 2011, is GRANTED;
2. That subject to D.C.COLO.L.Civ.R 83.1B., which prohibits the use in the

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“[#64]” is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific
paper by the court’s electronic case filing and management system (CM/ECF). I use this convention
throughout this order.

courthouse of the audio, video, or photographic recording function of any electronic
device, the following are permitted to bring into the Alfred A. Arraj United States
Courthouse Annex the equipment listed in the table, as set forth below:
DATE FOR USE IN
COURTROOM

ITEM OF EQUIPMENT

PERSON(S) BRINGING
EQUIPMENT THROUGH
SECURITY

Daily beginning November
7, 2011

HP Laptop for Sanction
Trial Presentation

Lori Busch, Defendant’s
Paralegal

Daily beginning November
7, 2011

IBM Laptop

Torry Garland, Esq.

November 7, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 21, 2011

Dell Laptop for Realtime
Transcript

Lori Busch, Defendant’s
Paralegal

November 7, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 21, 2011

Sanction switcher, AMP
power cords, etc.

Dave Hersch or assigned
representative, Visual
Advantage

November 7, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 21, 2011

HP Office-Jet 4315 Printer

Lori Busch or
Torry Garland, Esq.

November 7, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 21, 2011

HP Office-Jet 6500
Wireless Color Printer

Lori Busch or
Torry Garland, Esq.

November 7, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 21, 2011

Rolling Metal Cart for Trial
Exhibit Notebooks, etc.

Lori Busch or
Torry Garland, Esq.

Duration of the Trial
(11/7/11-11/22/11)

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Torry Garland, Esq.

Duration of the Trial
(11/7/11-11/22/11)

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Tom Hayden, Esq.

Duration of the Trial
(11/7/11-11/22/11)

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Lori Busch, Defendant’s
Assigned Paralegal

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Duration of the Trial
(11/7/11-11/22/11)

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Sharon Russell,
Defendant’s Back-up
Paralegal

Duration of the Trial
(11/7/11-11/22/11)

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Roby Brown, Company
Representative at Counsel
Table

Duration of the Trial
(11/7/11-11/22/11)

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Leonard Mauro, Company
Representative

Duration of the Trial
(11/7/11-11/22/11)

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Scott Shaw, Claim
Representative

Duration of the Trial
(11/7/11-11/22/11)

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Dave Hersch, or assigned
representative, Visual
Advantage

November 15, 2011

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Witness, Dr. Gregory
Reichardt

November 15, 2011

Cell Phone/Blackberry

Witness George Page

3. That the individuals listed in this order, who are permitted by this order to
enter the courthouse with electronic equipment SHALL PRESENT a copy of this order
to the Court Security Officers stationed at the entrance of the courthouse.
Dated October 25, 2011, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:

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