Second Motion to Bring Electronic Equipment into the courtroom — USA v. Sheppard (Dkt. 147, S.D. Fla.)

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Defendant's Second Motion to Allow Electronic and Other Equipment into the Courthouse, Document 147, filed November 30, 2023, in United States of America v. Eric Dean Sheppard, No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The motion states that trial began on November 27, 2023, and that the defendant's consultant, Stanley Foodman, will need access to electronic devices and other equipment, including a smart phone and laptop computer, during trial. It states that the equipment will not be used to photograph or record in the courtroom or anywhere in the building. A meet-and-confer paragraph states that the Government has not consented to the requested relief. The signature block names Jayne C. Weintraub.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FORIDA 
CASE No. 22-20290-CR-BLOOM/OTAZO-REYES 
UNITES STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
Plaintiff,  
v.  
ERIC DEAN SHEPPARD, 
 
Defendant. 
____________________________________/ 
DEFENDANT’S SECOND MOTION TO ALLOW  
ELECTRONIC AND OTHER EQUPTMENT INTO THE COURTHOUSE 
The Defendant Eric Dean Sheppard, by and through his undersigned counsel, submits this 
Motion to Allow Electronic and Other Equipment into the Courthouse and in support states:  
1. 
Trial has been set and began on November 27, 2023. 
2. 
Defendant’s consultant, Stanley Foodman, will need access to electronic devices 
and other equipment during the course of trial. 
3. 
These devices and equipment will include his cellular phones/smart phone and 
laptop computer. 
4. 
The use of the aforementioned electronic and other equipment will not in any way 
impede or cause any undue delay or disruption of the trial and will not be used to photograph or 
record either in the courtroom or anywhere in the building.  
MEET AND CONFER 
The undersigned certifies that late on November 29, 2023, and early November 30, 2023, 
the undersigned conferred by e-mail with counsel for the Government. The Government has not 
consented to the requested relief.  
WHEREFORE, Defendant Eric Dean Sheppard respectfully requests that the Court enter 
an Order allowing Defendant’s consultant, Stanley Foodman, permission to bring electronic and 
Case 1:22-cr-20290-BB   Document 147   Entered on FLSD Docket 11/30/2023   Page 1 of 2

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other equipment, consisting of his cellular phones/smart phone and laptop computer into the 
Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse in Miami, Florida, during the trial period which 
began on November 27, 2023, and lasting for the duration of the trial. 
 
Dated: November 30, 2023   
 
 
Respectfully submitted,  
NELSON MULLINS  
One Biscayne Tower, 21st Floor  
2 S. Biscayne Boulevard  
Miami, FL 33131  
Telephone: 305.373.9400  
By: /s/ Jayne C. Weintraub 
Jayne C. Weintraub 
Florida Bar No. 320382 
Jonathan Etra  
Florida Bar No. 686905 
Christopher Cavallo  
Florida Bar No. 0092305 
 
 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on November 30, 2023, the foregoing document was filed via 
the Court’s CM/ECF system to all counsel of record.  
/s/ Jayne C. Weintraub  
Jayne C. Weintraub 
 
Case 1:22-cr-20290-BB   Document 147   Entered on FLSD Docket 11/30/2023   Page 2 of 2

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