(a) Notice of Date and Time.
The attorney for the government shall timely notify the defendant of the date and
time of defendant=s arraignment and plea to an indictment. The government
attorney shall furnish a copy of the notice concurrently to defendant=s counsel if
counsel=s name and address are shown on the docket or known to the government.
When the indictment is based on substantially similar allegations that form the basis
of an earlier complaint before a magistrate judge, the government attorney shall
notify counsel who appeared for defendant before the magistrate judge of the date
and time of the arraignment. If a defendant is without counsel, the government
attorney shall promptly notify the appropriate judicial officer of that fact, so early
provision of counsel may be considered.
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(b) Notice of Motion to Dismiss.
The government attorney shall serve on the defendant=s counsel or on an
unrepresented defendant a notice of a motion to dismiss a complaint pending before
a judicial officer.
(c) No Further Notice.
No other or further notice of arraignment and plea or motion to dismiss need be
given by the clerk except on order of the court.
