Thomas B. Russell, Chief Judge Jeffrey A. Apperson, Clerk of Court
USA v. Green
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Attending the Trial


  • The Following Items are PROHIBITED in the Courthouse†

    • Cell Phones
    • Cameras
    • Laptops
    • Recording Devices

    The Court has no facilities to store these items.
  • Directions to the Courthouse
  • Trial Schedule
    Jury selection will begin on April 6, 2009, and the trial will begin on April 27, 2009. Proceedings will be held in the second floor courtroom. During trial, court proceedings will begin at 9:00 a.m. each morning. Doors to the second floor courtroom will open at 8:30 a.m. All spectators and media persons must be in their seats by 8:50 a.m. Attendees, including the general public and the press, must remain seated until the court recesses. No member of the public or media may enter the courtroom after proceedings have begun.
  • Seating Arrangements
    Voir dire. The initial voir dire of the jury begins April 6, 2009. Because of the sensitive and personal nature of the initial voir dire, it shall be conducted individually in chambers with only the juror, the court, counsel and assistants, and Defendant present. It is anticipated that the initial individual voir dire may take several days. After a panel of approximately seventy (70) jurors have been qualified through the individual voir dire process, follow up voir dire shall be conducted in the second floor courtroom on April 17, 2009, at 9:30 a.m.. Subject to availability, seating shall be in the following priority: jurors, alleged victims’ family and Defendant’s family, credentialed media and the general public.

    Trial. The second floor courtroom can accommodate approximately 70 persons. During the trial, twenty seats will be reserved for credentialed members of the media and ten seats each will be reserved for members of the alleged victims’ family and the Defendant’s family. The remainder will be reserved for the general public, all on a first come, first serve basis. In the event that the reserved seating is not full when the proceeding begin, the remaining seats in the reserved section will be available to the general public. When there are no more seats available in the second floor courtroom, spectators will be directed to the overflow courtroom on the first floor.
  • Overflow Courtroom
    In the event that the second floor courtroom is full, spectators may listen to the proceedings in the first floor courtroom.
  • Courtroom Decorum

†All cell phones, cameras, laptops, and any type of recording device are prohibited in the courthouse with one exception. Media persons, who have applied for and received a court media pass, may bring in one cell phone and one laptop to be used in the media room only. Media persons must present their media credentials (with photo ID) along with the court media pass before entry with a cell phone and laptop is permitted.