Margaret M. Garnett

Judge Specific

Courtroom Wifi

Attorneys may obtain Wi-Fi authorization in Judge Garnett's courtroom for hearings or trials using the court's request form.

Attorneys may obtain authorization to use the Court’s Wi-Fi system in Judge Garnett’s Courtroom during a hearing or trial by submitting an Electronic Device and Wi-Fi Access Request Form.

Judge Garnett's Individual Rules and Practices ↗

Courtwide

Civil Remote Testimony

In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.

For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗

Courtwide

Criminal Recording And Broadcasting

Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.

Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗