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Active Appellate judge

PaTricia Freeman

Nebraska Court of Appeals, District 4

Nebraska · Sarpy

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Overview

Identity and service

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

Judicial role
Court of Appeals Judge
Service status
Active
Court level
Appellate
Jurisdiction
State
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Before you appear

Preparation checklist

  1. 01

    Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.

  2. 02

    Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.

  3. 03

    Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

Scope note

Statewide and courtwide guidance is labeled by scope and is not evidence of a personal preference. Division, judge-specific, or case-specific orders may control.

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Presentation rules

What the public sources say

StatewideExplicit
Courtroom Proceeding

Allowed with notice

Nebraska directs media requests to broadcast or photograph court proceedings to the Supreme Court media-coverage rules and published expanded-media-coverage process.

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Expanded Media Coverage (Cameras in the Courtroom)
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Media requests to broadcast or take still photos of court proceedings are governed by Nebraska Supreme Court rule §2-118

The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.

StatewideExplicit
Courthouse Access

Leave required

Nebraska requires media requests to film or photograph non-public courthouse areas to be submitted to the resident or presiding judge of the Judicial District.

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Expanded Media Coverage (Cameras in the Courtroom)
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Media requests to film or photograph in non-public areas, e.g. private offices or employee work areas not located in public areas must be submitted

The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.

StatewideExplicit
Trial Court Proceeding

Allowed

Nebraska permits expanded news media coverage in county and district courtrooms unless the trial-court expanded-coverage rules provide otherwise.

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§ 6-2001(A)
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Expanded news media coverage shall be permitted in the county and district courtrooms in Nebraska courts

The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.

StatewideExplicit
Juvenile Court Proceeding

Restricted

Nebraska does not permit expanded news media coverage in actions pending in Nebraska juvenile courts.

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§ 6-2001(A)(2)
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Expanded news media coverage therefore is not permitted in actions pending in Nebraska’s juvenile courts.

The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.

StatewideExplicit
Appellate Proceeding

Allowed

Nebraska permits broadcasting, televising, recording, and photographing in Supreme Court and Court of Appeals courtroom proceedings under Rule 2-117, subject to stated conditions.

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§ 2-117(B)
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broadcasting, televising, recording, and photographing will be permitted in all judicial proceedings in the courtroom during sessions

The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.

StatewideExplicit
Appellate Proceeding

Restricted

Nebraska appellate media equipment quantity and type are subject to Chief Justice discretion, and equipment location is designated by the Chief Justice or Chief Judge.

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§ 2-117(B)(2)
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The quantity and types of equipment permitted in the courtroom shall be subject to the discretion of the Chief Justice

The requirement is stated in an official statewide source and is attached as applicable guidance, not as a personal preference.

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Courtroom technology

Published equipment guidance

No technology specification indexed

Technology availability is separate from procedural permission and evidentiary admissibility.

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Published opinion footprint

Decisions and citations

Opinion data is not yet indexed for this profile

This does not mean the judge has no published opinions or no caseload. KYJ will only show opinion counts after transparent, source-linked CourtListener matching is available.

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Sources

Public documents behind this profile

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Change history

How this profile entered KYJ

Current profile indexed

Identity imported from Nebraska Judicial Branch. 6 presentation-related claims migrated with source provenance.