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.
