ORDER Setting Trial Date as to Eric Dean Sheppard, ( Calendar Call set for 8/23/2022 01:30… — USA v. SHEPPARD (Dkt. 12)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB · Doc. 12 · 2022-07-15 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
 
CASE NO. 22-cr-20290-BLOOM 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plaintiff, 
 
vs. 
 
ERIC DEAN SHEPPARD, 
 
        Defendants. 
___________________________________________/ 
 
 
ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE 
 
THIS CAUSE is set for Criminal Jury Trial at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Courthouse, 400 
North Miami Avenue, Courtroom 10-2, Miami, Florida, during the two-week period commencing 
Tuesday, August 29, 2022 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the case may be called.  A 
Calendar Call will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, 
Jr. Courthouse, 400 North Miami Avenue, Courtroom 10-2, Miami, Florida.  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 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 
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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.  The deadline for all Pre-Trial Motions, including Motions to 
Suppress and Motions in Limine shall be filed the Friday prior to the calendar call 
date. 
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 bloom@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 a list of proposed witnesses and/or 
exhibits to be presented at trial.  All exhibits to be offered into evidence or marked 
for identification must be pre-labeled in accordance with the proposed exhibit list.  
(Government exhibits are to be designated numerically; defense exhibits, 
alphabetically). 
6. 
If either 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. 
7. 
All anticipated Jencks Act1 material shall be turned over to defense counsel not 
 
118 U.S.C. § 3500
 
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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, counsel are directed to certify with the Court’s 
courtroom deputy the necessity of an interpreter for the Defendant. Counsel are 
further instructed to notify the Court, at least 24 hours prior to any hearings or trial, 
if an interpreter is required. 
9. 
Counsel are instructed that 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. 
Counsel are advised to 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. 
Counsel are reminded that pursuant to the CM/ECF administrative procedures, 
proposed orders shall be submitted to the court by e-mail in word format at 
bloom@flsd.uscourts.gov. 
 
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, on July 14, 2022. 
 
 
 
 
_________________________________ 
BETH BLOOM 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
cc:  
counsel of record 
 
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