Chevron Corporation v. Donziger et al

Filing 2612

ORDER: The Court is in receipt of Defendant Steven Donziger's letter regarding various access measures for his trial beginning on May 10, 2021. (See dkt. no. 251.) In response to Mr. Donziger's requests: (As further set forth herein.) (Signed by Judge Loretta A. Preska on 4/6/2021) (va)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

No. 19-CR-561 (LAP)

-against-

No. 11-CV-691 (LAK)

STEVEN DONZIGER,

ORDER
Defendant.

LORETTA A. PRESKA, Senior United States District Judge:
The Court is in receipt of Defendant Steven Donziger’s
letter regarding various access measures for his trial beginning
on May 10, 2021.

(See dkt. no. 251.)

In response to Mr.

Donziger’s requests:


The Court has requested access to a larger courtroom
for Mr. Donziger’s trial. The availability of such
a courtroom will depend on what other proceedings,
in particular, jury trials, are scheduled. Once a
courtroom is designated, the Court will enter an
order with the relevant information.



The Court will provide one or more overflow rooms
from which to observe the proceedings. Once an
overflow room is designated, the Court will enter an
order with the relevant information.



In addition to space in the overflow room(s),
members of the press may also sit in a distanced
manner in the jury box to ensure that more seats are
available to the public. Some seating in the main
and overflow courtrooms will be reserved for members
of the press.

Consistent with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the
Court will not provide remote audio-visual access to the

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proceedings.1

Subject to the COVID-19 protocols in place at the

time of Mr. Donziger’s trial,2 any interested member of the
public may attend the trial in person.
SO ORDERED.
Dated:

April 6, 2021
New York, New York

__________________________________
LORETTA A. PRESKA
Senior United States District Judge

1

See FED. R. CRIM. P. 53 (“Except as otherwise provided by a
statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of
photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the
broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.”). The
Court observes that the CARES Act authorizes the use of remote
video teleconferencing for some criminal proceedings. See
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Pub. L. No.
116-136, § 15002(b), 134 Stat 281, 528 (2020). Notably absent
from the list of proceedings for which using such technology is
authorized, however, are trial proceedings.
2

The Court’s most up-to-date protocols are available online
at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/covid-19-coronavirus.
2