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STATUS CALLS AND PRETRIAL CONFERENCES: COMPLEX CASES

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Rule Set: Local Criminal Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Rule: 17.1.1

Jurisdiction: EDPA

Bluebook Citation: E.D. Pa. L.R. Cr. 17.1.1

All Rules: E.D. Pa. Local Criminal Rules, complete index

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Each Judge may schedule status reports and pretrial conferences as he or she deems appropriate. Attendance at such reports and conferences shall be mandatory and failure to attend without just cause shall subject counsel to disciplinary proceedings. If at any time, it appears to the Judge that the case is a complex one, the Judge may, with the consent of the parties, adapt to the needs of the case pretrial techniques aimed at simplifying the issues and reducing trial time, including but not limited to the taking of depositions of expert or other witnesses, the filing of pretrial memoranda, and pretrial identification and marking of all exhibits. Effective January 1, 1998. - 13 -

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