A magistrate judge shall conduct at least one pretrial
conference. Other pretrial conferences may be conducted by the
trial district judge at the request of any of the parties or on
the court's own motion. The agenda at the pretrial conference
shall consist of any or all of the following items, so far as
practicable:
(a) Date of production of statements or reports of
witnesses under the Jencks Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3500;
(b) Date of production of grand jury testimony of witnesses
intended to be called at the trial;
(c) Date of production of evidence favorable to the
defendant on the issue of guilt or punishment, as required by
Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and related authorities
and impeachment material, cooperation agreements, plea
agreements, promises of leniency, and records of criminal
convictions, required by Giglio v. United States, 405 U.S. 150
(1972), and its progeny;
(d) Stipulation of facts that may be deemed proved at the
trial without further proof by either party;
(e) Appointment by the court of interpreters under Fed. R.
Crim. P. 28;
(f) Dismissal of certain counts and elimination from the
case of certain issues, e.g., insanity, alibi, and statute of
limitations;
(g) Severance of trial as to any co-defendant or counts,
and joinder of any related cases;
(h) Use or identification of informant, use of line-up or
other identification procedures, use of evidence of prior
convictions of defendant or of any witness;
(i) Pretrial resolution of objections to exhibits or
testimony to be offered at trial;
(j) Preparation of trial briefs on controversial points of
law likely to arise at trial;
(k) Scheduling of the trial and of witnesses;
(l) Submission of jury instructions and voir dire jury
questions;
(m) The government's intention to introduce evidence of
other crimes, wrongs or acts under Fed. R. Evid. 404(b);
(n) Whether there are percipient witnesses whom the
government does not intend to call in its case-in-chief;
(o) Date of exchange of the names of witnesses intended to
be called to testify at trial in each respective case-in-chief;
and
(p) Date of exchange of lists of exhibits and copies of the
documentary exhibits.
