Order Granting request for Continuance from the June calendar as to Carla Jackson — USA v. Thomas et al. (Dkt. 676, N.D. Ga.)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · No. 1:20-cr-00296-JPB-CMS · Doc. 676 · 2023-05-11 · Docket on CourtListener

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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 currently set for trial on June 12, 2023, at 9:00 AM.  Recently, 
the parties contacted chambers to request a continuance from the June calendar.  
The parties also requested a special setting.  For good cause shown, the parties’ 
request is GRANTED.  The jury trial scheduled for June 12, 2023, is 
CONTINUED. 
This matter is now specially set for a jury trial to begin on February 5, 2024, 
at 9:00 AM in Courtroom 2306.  The status conference scheduled for May 23, 
2023, is canceled, and the June 8, 2023, pretrial conference is rescheduled to 
January 18, 2024, at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 1908. 
Motions in limine and proposed voir dire shall be filed on or before January 
4, 2024, and responses to motions in limine shall be filed on or before January 12, 
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2024.  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 11, 2023, to February 5, 2024, 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 
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 
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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 
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 11th day of May, 2023. 
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