SCHEDULING ORDER as to Cindi Ellis Denton.… — USA v. Denton - Cindi Ellis Denton (Dkt. 22)

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Document 22, entered 06/25/21, in Case No. 21-60171-CR-SMITH in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is a three-page Order Setting Trial Date in United States v. Cindi Ellis Denton. It sets a criminal jury trial in Courtroom 310B in Fort Lauderdale for the two-week period starting August 2, 2021, with a calendar call at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 27, printed as 2020 in the order. Thirteen numbered directions cover motions in limine, writs ad testificandum, voir dire, proposed jury instructions, witness and exhibit lists, transcripts and Jencks Act material. They also require plea-offer cover sheets that are not to be filed with the court and speedy trial reports every 20 days.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
CASE NO: 21-60171-CR-SMITH 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
Plaintiff, 
vs. 
 
CINDI ELLIS DENTON, 
 
Defendant. 
________________________________________/ 
 
ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE 
 
 
THE ABOVE CAUSE is hereby set for Criminal Jury Trial at 299 East Broward 
Boulevard, Courtroom 310B, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during the two-week period commencing 
August 2, 2021 or as soon thereafter as the case may be called. A Calendar Call will be held at 
9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 27, 2020, at the same location. All pre-trial motions and motions in 
limine must be filed by 28 days from arraignment. 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. 
 
It is further ORDERED as follows: 
 
1. 
All requests for writs ad testificandum must be filed at least twenty-one (21) business 
days prior to the first day of the scheduled trial period. 
 
2. 
All responses to the Standing Discovery Order and Local Rule 88.10 shall be provided in 
a timely fashion, in accordance with the dates scheduled by the Magistrate Judge.  
Noncompliance may result in sanctions.  
 
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 
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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 
smith@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 a transcript or transcripts at the trial, that party shall provide 
copies of the proposed transcript or transcripts to all other parties within the discovery 
period set forth in the Standing Discovery Order. If additional time is required to 
provide transcripts, the party must obtain an extension of time from the Court. If the parties 
cannot agree on a transcript, each party shall be prepared to produce its own version for 
the trier of fact. 
 
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, 
patricia_mitchell@flsd.uscourts.gov  the necessity of an interpreter for the defendant. The 
parties are further instructed to notify the Court, at least (2) business days 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. 
 
 
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10. 
Should any plea offer be made by the Government but not accepted by Defendant(s), the 
Government shall attach to any such offer a cover sheet with space for Defendant(s) and 
Defendant(s) attorney to certify that Defendant(s) has reviewed the plea offer.  The cover 
sheet shall also include space for Defendant(s) and Defendant(s) attorney to certify the 
dates of signature. This document shall be signed by Defendant(s) and Defendant(s) 
attorneys before trial. This document shall not be filed with the Court or otherwise 
provided to the Court but shall be maintained within the Government’s case file. The 
parties shall not advise the Court whether any plea offer has been made or, if so, of 
the contents of any plea offer that might have been made. See United States v. Tobin, 
676 F.3d 1264 (11th Cir. 2012). Before trial begins or a change of plea is taken, the Court 
will specifically inquire as to whether the parties have complied with this paragraph of this 
Order. The parties shall respond with either a yes or a no, without further elaboration. 
If no plea offer has been made or if a plea offer has been made and the requirements of this 
paragraph have been satisfied, the answer shall be a yes. 
 
11. 
If this matter will be resolved by way of change of plea, the parties shall email the 
courtroom deputy immediately upon reaching such determination to set the matter for a 
change of plea. 
 
12. 
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. 
 
13. 
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 smith@flsd.uscourts.gov. 
DONE AND ORDERED in Fort Lauderdale, Florida this 25th day of June, 2021. 
 
 
 
 
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