Order Setting Pre-Trial Schedule and Procedures as to Ernest Bernard Gonder — USA v. Gonder (Dkt. 7, S.D. Fla.)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · No. 0:24-cr-60003-KMW · Doc. 7 · 2024-01-30 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
Case No. 24-CR-60003-WILLIAMS 
 
United States of America.  
Plaintiff, 
 
vs. 
 
 Ernest Bernard Gonder, Jr. 
Defendant.  
 
 
 
 
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 ORDER SETTING PRE-TRIAL SCHEDULE AND PROCEDURES 
 
 
This case is set for trial during the two-week trial calendar beginning on March 
11, 2024 at 9:00 am conducted in Courtroom 11-3 at the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., U.S. 
Courthouse, 400 North Miami Avenue, Miami Florida.  If the case cannot be tried during 
this two-week period, it will be re-set for each successive trial calendar until it is tried or 
resolved.  All counsel must be present for a Zoom Calendar Call at 11:00 a.m. on 
March 5, 2024.   
I. 
Discovery 
1. 
All responses to the Standing Discovery Order and/or Local Rule 88.10 shall 
be provided in a timely fashion.  Failure to provide timely discovery absent prior approval 
of the Court for an extension of time may result in the imposition of sanctions, including 
exclusion of evidence. 
2. 
Fed. R. Evid. 404(b) notices shall include in writing a specific factual 
description of the general nature of the extrinsic evidence sought to be introduced.  
 
 
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II. 
Motions 
1.  
Pre-trial motions in criminal cases shall comply with Local Rule 88.9. 
Motions in criminal cases shall be filed within 28 days from the arraignment of the 
defendant to whom the motion applies, except that motions arising from a post-
arraignment event shall be filed within a reasonable time after the event.  Responses to 
motions shall be filed by the deadline set by Local Rule 7(c)(1).   
2. 
Unless otherwise indicated, motions will not be referred to a magistrate 
judge. 
3. 
All motions 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 as required by Local Rule 88.9. 
4.     All motions for continuance must be in writing and filed at least 48 hours 
prior to the Calendar Call. Notices of unavailability will not be construed as motions 
to continue or otherwise operate to change the Court’s schedule in any way.  
5.  
Motions in limine also must be filed in writing prior to the Calendar Call. 
III. 
Pre-Trial 
1. 
The parties shall email proposed voir dire questions to chambers and 
docket the proposed jury instructions, as well as the parties proposed witness and 
exhibit lists prior to the Calendar Call.  Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions 
shall be used unless otherwise noted.  In addition, counsel shall email the Court at 
williams@flsd.uscourts.gov exhibit and witness lists, proposed jury instructions 
and verdict form in Word documents. 
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2. 
All requests for Writs Ad Testificandum must be filed not later than fourteen 
(14) business days prior to the first day of the scheduled trial period to ensure adequate 
time for processing. 
 
3. 
If either party seeks to introduce transcripts at trial, the moving party shall 
present a copy to all counsel not less than ten (10) days prior to the scheduled trial date.  
If a transcript cannot be agreed upon, each party shall produce their own version of the 
transcript for presentation to the trier of fact.  Government counsel shall notify the case 
agent/client agency of this requirement.  
 
4. 
Counsel are instructed that arrangements for appropriate clothing for 
Defendants in custody must be made with the Bureau of Prisons prior to the scheduled 
trial date.   
5. 
Counsel are instructed to notify the Court if an interpreter is required at least 
24 hours prior to any hearing or trial. 
 
6. 
All exhibits which will be offered into evidence must be pre-labeled in 
accordance with the proposed exhibit list.  Exhibit labels shall include the case number.   
DONE AND ORDERED in chambers in Miami, Florida, this 30th day of January 
2024. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Copy:  
Counsel of Record 
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