Local Rule LR 83.7: PHOTOGRAPHS, RECORDINGS, AND BROADCASTS

LR 83.7 PHOTOGRAPHS, RECORDINGS, AND BROADCASTS Radio, television, Internet broadcasting and the use of photographic, electronic, or mechanical reproduction or recording equipment is prohibited in courtrooms or their environs. "Environs" is defined to mean the courtrooms, the offices of the Judges, Clerk, probation officers, or any corridor connecting or adjacent thereto, and the corridor or lobby on the main or street floor constituting an entrance area to the building in which is located any elevator door/or elevators leading from such entrance of the building to any such floor. Ceremonial proceedings such as the administration of oaths of office to appointed officials of the Court, naturalization, and presentation of portraits, may be photographed in or broadcast from the courtroom under the supervision of the Court. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 2, attorneys may request Court permission to bring certain electronic devices into courtrooms or their environs by obtaining an Electronic Device Request and Acknowledgment Form from the clerk's office. However, attorneys may not use such devices to photograph, audio record, verbatim reproduce or broadcast any proceedings. Nothing in the Local Rule shall prohibit any Judge from entering any order in connection with a particular proceeding.