Order: Trial set for 6/12/2023 at 09:00 AM — USA v. Thomas et al. (Dkt. 672, N.D. Ga.)

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An Order, Document 672, dated May 2, 2023 and filed in the Northern District of Georgia, Criminal Action No. 1:20-CR-00296-JPB, against defendants Carla Jackson, John Gaines, Jerry Baptiste and Teldrin Foster. It sets the matter for trial on June 12, 2023 on a two-week calendar, with the case possibly called the week of June 20, 2023. Motions in limine and proposed voir dire are due May 16, 2023, responses to the motions in limine are due May 26, 2023, and each party may file one consolidated motion of no more than twenty-five pages. It excludes the time from May 2, 2023 to trial under the Speedy Trial Act so the parties can prepare and consider whether a plea is appropriate.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 
ATLANTA DIVISION 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 
 
 
 
v. 
     CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 
     1:20-CR-00296-JPB 
CARLA JACKSON, JOHN GAINES, 
JERRY BAPTISTE and TELDRIN 
FOSTER, 
 
 
 
 
Defendants. 
 
 
ORDER  
 
 
This matter is set for trial on June 12, 2023, at 9:00 AM.  This is a two-week 
trial calendar.  If the case is not reached on June 12, 2023, the case may be called 
to trial the week of June 20, 2023.  Motions in limine and proposed voir dire shall 
be filed on or before May 16, 2023, and responses to motions in limine shall be 
filed on or before May 26, 2023.  Only one consolidated motion in limine shall be 
filed by each party, and the motion shall not exceed twenty-five pages.  The 
response brief to the motion in limine shall also not exceed twenty-five pages.   
 
The time from May 2, 2023, to the date of trial, shall be excluded from 
computation under the Speedy Trial Act pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A) and 
(h)(7)(B)(iv) to give the parties sufficient time to effectively prepare for trial and 
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consider whether a plea is appropriate.  The Court finds that the ends of justice 
outweigh the best interests of the public and Defendants in a speedy trial.   
A single, unified set of requests to charge and proposed verdict forms are 
required to be filed the day prior to the pretrial conference and e-mailed to the 
courtroom deputy clerk in Microsoft Word format.  Where a proposed instruction 
is not agreed upon, the parties should indicate who is proposing the instruction and 
the legal bases both for the instruction and for the other party’s opposition to the 
instruction.  Counsel must use the Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions, if 
applicable.    
The parties should be prepared to provide the courtroom deputy clerk with 
three copies of their respective exhibit and witness lists at the start of trial for use 
by the Judge, court reporter and courtroom deputy clerk.  Each party should also 
provide a courtesy copy of all exhibits in an appropriately labeled notebook on the 
first day of trial for the Judge.  The parties are referred to Local Rule 
16.4(B)(19)(b), NDGa, concerning exhibit labeling.  The parties must provide a 
courtesy copy of any documents e-filed just prior to trial or on any day during the 
trial. 
Any training or trial runs regarding the courtroom technology must be 
scheduled in advance of trial via the courtroom deputy clerk.  The Court will not 
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allow time for training or trial runs at the beginning of the trial.  Any motions 
requesting leave to bring technology into the courtroom must be filed no later than 
three days in advance of trial to allow time for proper notification to the U.S. 
Marshals Service.   
SO ORDERED this 2nd day of May, 2023. 
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