Order Setting Trial Date as to Arashio Harris. In Limine Motions due — USA v. Harris (Dkt. 6, S.D. Fla.)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · No. 1:23-cr-20295-CMA · Doc. 6 · 2023-07-27 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
 
CASE NO.  23-20295-CR-ALTONAGA 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
Plaintiff, 
vs. 
 
ARASHIO HARRIS, 
 
Defendant. 
________________________________/ 
 
ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE 
 
THE ABOVE CAUSE is hereby set for Criminal Jury Trial at 400 North Miami 
Avenue, Courtroom 13-3, Miami, Florida, during the two-week period commencing September 
11, 2023, or as soon thereafter as the case may be called.  A Calendar Call will be held at 1:00 
p.m. on September 5, 2023 at the same location.   
All pre-trial motions and motions in limine must be filed by August 23, 2023.  Each party 
is limited to filing one motion in limine; if there is more than one Defendant, Defendants shall 
file a combined motion.  Motions in limine may exceed the page limits allowed by the Rules.   
The deadline for the tendering of a guilty plea is August 25, 2023.  See, e.g., United 
States v. Gamboa, 166 F.3d 1327, 1331 (11th Cir. 1999) (citing United States v. Ellis, 547 F.2d 
863, 868 (5th Cir. 1977)).   
 
It is further ORDERED as follows: 
1. 
All requests for Writs Ad Testificandum must be filed not later than 14 business 
days prior to the first day of the scheduled trial period.  
2. 
All responses pursuant to the Standing Discovery Order and/or Local Rule 88.10 
shall be provided in a timely fashion in accordance with the dates scheduled by 
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the magistrate judge.  Noncompliance may result in sanctions.  Any notice 
submitted pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) shall include a specific 
factual basis for the evidence sought to be introduced. 
3. 
All motions filed shall be accompanied by a written statement certifying that 
counsel for the moving party has conferred with opposing counsel in a good 
faith effort to resolve by agreement the subject matter of the motion, where 
required by Local Rule 88.9. 
4. 
Counsel shall be prepared to conduct limited voir dire following the Court’s 
questioning of the panel.  Prior to Calendar Call, counsel shall also file proposed 
voir dire questions.  Proposed jury instructions, in typed form, including 
substantive charges and defenses, shall be submitted to the Court prior to 
Calendar Call, in Word format, via e-mail to altonaga@flsd.uscourts.gov.  
Instructions 
for 
filing 
proposed 
documents 
may 
be 
viewed 
at 
http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov. 
5. 
Prior to Calendar Call, all counsel shall file lists of proposed witnesses and/or 
exhibits to be presented at trial.  All exhibits to be offered into evidence must be 
pre-labeled in accordance with the proposed exhibit list.  (Government exhibits 
are to be designated numerically; defense exhibits, alphabetically). 
6. 
If any party seeks to introduce transcript(s) at the trial, such shall be exchanged 
with all counsel before the scheduled day of trial.  If a transcript cannot be agreed 
upon, each party shall be prepared to produce its own version for the trier of fact. 
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7. 
All anticipated Jencks Act1 material shall be turned over to defense counsel not 
later than the morning of the first day of trial.  The material shall include a face 
sheet for defense counsel to sign and date, acknowledging receipt.  
8. 
Upon receipt of this Order, defense counsel shall certify with the Court’s 
courtroom deputy the necessity of an interpreter for the defendant.  The parties are 
further instructed to notify the Court, at least 24 hours prior to any hearings or 
trial, if an interpreter is required. 
9. 
Arrangements for appropriate clothing for defendants in custody must be made 
with the Bureau of Prisons at least seven (7) days prior to the scheduled trial date. 
10. 
The parties shall comply with Local Rule 88.5, requiring the filing of speedy 
trial reports every 20 days hereafter until the time of trial or plea.   
11. 
Local Rule 7.1(a)(2) requires that certain motions be accompanied by proposed 
orders; such proposed orders must be filed as attachments to the motions.  
FURTHERMORE, PURSUANT TO THE CM/ECF ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROCEDURES, PROPOSED ORDERS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE 
COURT BY E-MAIL IN WORD FORMAT AT altonaga@flsd.uscourts.gov.   
DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida, this 27th day of July, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   _______________________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   CECILIA M. ALTONAGA 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
cc:  
counsel of record 
 
118 U.S.C. ' 3500
 
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