Teresa Ford v. Miriam Fleming, et al

Filing 42

SEQUESTRATION ORDER. Signed by District Judge Richard Voorhees on 5/27/2014. (cbb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
CIVIL DOCKET NO.: 5:12-CV-152
TERESA FORD
v.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.

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SEQUESTRATION
ORDER

Rule 615
Federal Rules of Evidence

IT IS, HEREBY, ORDERED that any person who will be or may become a witness in
this case (except those excluded by Rule 615) is prohibited from being in the courtroom or
within hearing of it during the trial of this matter except at the time of his or her own testimony.
All witnesses in this case are ordered also not to talk about prior testimony with any witness or
other person who has been in the courtroom during testimony. All witnesses are further ordered
not to talk with anyone who will be or may become a witness about any subject related to this
trial. The attorneys in this case are ordered to relay the contents of this order to their own
witnesses and are further ordered to scan the courtroom periodically to facilitate removal of such
witnesses if any of them have inadvertently come into the courtroom. The lawyers are further
ordered not to divulge the content of testimony already given in this case to any prospective
witness.

Signed: May 27, 2014