ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEEDINGS IN THIS ACTION

Notice regarding press and public access to jury trial proceedings:

• The jury trial in this case will take place in Judge Davila’s courtroom. 
• There will be no live remote public access (e.g., telephone or Zoom) to jury trial proceedings in this case.
• An overflow room will be available in the San Jose courthouse for additional viewing and listening to live jury trial proceedings.
• Public seating in the courtroom and overflow room will be first-come, first-served.  There will be no reserved seating for the media.
• Courtroom doors will open at 9:00 a.m. each morning of trial.  The San Jose courthouse building opens at 7:30 a.m.  A waiting area and queue will be set up in the hallway outside of the courtroom for spectators who arrive early.  
• Courtroom spectators who anticipate needing to leave the courtroom prior to recesses (e.g., to make phone calls), or who will be typing notes or real-time reporting are asked to sit in the back rows of the gallery, near the courtroom doors.
• Electronic devices will be permitted for note-taking or live text-based reporting.  Keyboards must be touchscreen-functioned, or otherwise silent. 
• Any photography, audio or video recording, telephone calls, or live audio or video transmission inside the courtroom is absolutely prohibited. 

• Some pretrial hearings in this case may be held by teleconference or by Zoom Webinar videoconference.  Call-in or login information is available on the PACER docket, on the judge’s calendar, or by emailing media@cand.uscourts.gov.

For teleconferences:  please call in at least 5 minutes before the hearing is scheduled to begin, make sure your phone is muted, and stay on the line for the entire hearing so that the proceedings are not disrupted.

For videoconferences: see the court’s instructions on observing a Zoom Webinar as a non-participating “Attendee.”

Important: any recording, copying, or rebroadcasting of a remote court hearing is absolutely prohibited.  See General Order 58 and the court’s Notice Regarding Press and Public Access to Court Hearings.

View all court rules affecting the media.