Local Rule 5073-1: PHOTOGRAPHY, RECORDING DEVICES AND BROADCASTING; ELECTRONICS IN THE COURTHOUSE

Rule 5073-1 PHOTOGRAPHY, RECORDING DEVICES & BROADCASTING; ELECTRONICS IN THE COURTHOUSE Rules 5.01 and 7.02 of the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and General Order 6:13-MC-94-ORL-22 posted on the Court's website, www.flmb.uscourts.gov, apply to all cases and proceedings in the Court.

________________________ Notes of Advisory Committee 2021 Amendment This amendment revises the rule to reference new Middle District of Florida Local Rules 5.01 (Broadcasting, Recording, and Photographing) and 7.02 (Electronics in Courthouse) (effective on January 1, 2021). The title of the rule is also amended to conform to the Uniform Numbering System for Local Bankruptcy Court Rules. This amendment to the rule is effective August 1, 2021.

2016 Amendment This amendment brings the rule current with Court practices. This amendment to the rule is effective July 1, 2016.

1998 Amendment The Local Rules of the District Court generally do not apply in the Bankruptcy Court. See Local Rule 1001-1(d). In most instances within the District, the Bankruptcy Court's facilities are now located in the same federal courthouse in which the District Court's facilities are located. It is therefore desirable to have the same rules apply in both the District Court and the Bankruptcy Court that govern the photographing, broadcasting, and televising of court proceedings, the use of computers and communication devices in court facilities, and the introduction of such equipment and devices into the building in which court proceedings are conducted. Accordingly, this amendment simply deletes the Bankruptcy Court's rule on these subjects and applies in the Bankruptcy Court the provisions of the District Court's corresponding local rule. This amendment to the rule was effective on October 15, 1998.

1997 Amendment This amendment conforms the existing Local Rules to the uniform numbering system prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States and to the model system suggested and approved by the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference's Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. In renumbering the Local Rules to conform to the uniform numbering system, no change in substance is intended. This amendment to the rule was effective on April 15, 1997.

This rule was formerly Local Rule 1.09. The Advisory Committee Notes to the superseded rules may be helpful in interpreting and applying the current rules.

1995 Amendment The amendment which adds new subparagraph 1.09(c) makes clear that the prohibition of recording and photographic equipment is not intended to prohibit the use of dictation equipment in conjunction with the review of the Clerk's Office files or the use of computer equipment, subject to Court control, generally.

These amendments to the rule were effective on February 15, 1995.