Court filing — United States v. Bock et al. (Feeding Our Future) (Dkt. 359, D. Minn.)

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An Amended Trial Notice and Final Pretrial Order, Doc. 359, filed 11/07/24 in Case 0:22-cr-00223-NEB-DTS, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, scheduling USA v Aimee Marie Bock (1), Salim Ahmed Said (3), Abdulkadir Nur Salah (4), and Abdi Nur Salah (6) (22-cr-223 NEB/DTS) for trial before Judge Nancy E. Brasel. It sets a pretrial conference for Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. and trial and jury selection to begin Monday, February 3, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 13W, Minneapolis. It sets deadlines of December 30, 2024 for exchange of exhibit lists, witness lists, proposed jury instructions and verdict forms, January 8, 2025 for trial briefs, motions in limine and voir dire, and January 10, 2025 for responses. The order is dated November 7, 2024 and signed s/Nancy E. Brasel.

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CASE 0:22-cr-00223-NEB-DTS Doc. 359 Filed 11/07/24 Page 1 of 7

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

AMENDED TRIAL NOTICE AND
FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER1

USA v Aimee Marie Bock (1), Salim Ahmed Said (3), Abdulkadir Nur Salah
(4), and Abdi Nur Salah (6) (22‐cr‐223 NEB/DTS) are hereby scheduled for trial before
Judge Nancy E. Brasel. Trial and Jury selection will begin Monday, February 3, 2025, at
9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 13W located in the Diana E. Murphy Federal Courthouse, 300
South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

A pretrial conference will be conducted by Judge Brasel in Courtroom 13W
located in the United States Courthouse, Diana E. Murphy Federal Courthouse, 300
South Fourth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at
10:00 a.m. All attorneys who will try the case must attend the hearing, as well as the
defendants.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL CASES

1. Submitting Documents.
All documents must be filed electronically. Trial briefs (in MS Word), proposed
voir dire (in MS Word), proposed jury instructions (in MS Word), and proposed
verdict forms (in MS Word) shall also be e‐mailed to chambers e‐mail address at:
Brasel chambers@mnd.uscourts.gov.

2. Disclosures.
The parties shall follow the Court’s orders regarding disclosure requirements in
Magistrates Judge David T. Schultz’s order filed July 29, 2023 at ECF No.
318.

1For case 22‐cr‐233, this Order supersedes the Order Setting Trial found at Docket 317,
dated July 25, 2024.
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3. Trial Briefs.

a. Trial briefs shall be submitted by Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

b. The Government is required to file a trial brief. A trial brief by the defense
is optional. Parties may respond to the trial briefs with objections by
Friday, January 10, 2025.

4. Exhibits.

a. By Monday, December 30, 2024, the parties must exchange lists of the
exhibits that they intend to offer at trial and make those exhibits available
to the other parties for examination and copying.

b. By Wednesday, January 8, 2025, each party must file its exhibit list with
the Court.

c. Plaintiff must mark its first exhibit as “P‐1” and number the others
sequentially. Defendants must mark its first exhibit as “D1‐1”, “D2‐2” and
do likewise. The case number must appear on each exhibit. Defendants
may also file joint exhibits with the Court and shall be marked as Deft
Joint 1‐1 and do likewise.

d. Only exhibits that are identified on the exhibit list may be offered at trial,
unless the omission is excused for good cause.

e. Prior to deliberating, the parties shall provide the Court with final exhibit
lists with all the admitted exhibits only. The list will go back to the jury
deliberation room to assist in reviewing the exhibits. The final exhibit list
may not include contested descriptions of exhibits.

f. All documentary evidence must be converted electronically and displayed
from a laptop in the courtroom. Attorneys will place all the admitted on a
thumb drive for jury deliberations and should be done prior to closing
arguments. A court laptop will be provided to the jurors so they can view
all the electronic evidence. There will be a few exceptions where physical

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evidence is the only option. Paper exhibits are strongly discouraged
during trial.

g. If any of the motions in limine refer to a trial exhibit, the parties must
provide the Court with a copy of that exhibit at the time of filing the
motion, to assist the Court with its review of the motion. The exhibit
should be emailed to the chambers email at:
Brasel Chambers@mnd.uscourts.gov.

h. Within 7 days after the trial, the parties must submit to the Court a disk or
thumb drive containing copies of all exhibits that were admitted at trial.

5. Witness Lists.

a. By Monday, December 30, 2024, the parties must exchange lists of the
witnesses whom the parties intend to call at trial, as well as a brief
description of the substance of the expected testimony of each witness.
No person who is not identified on a party’s witness list may testify at
trial, unless the omission is excused for good cause.2

b. By Monday, Wednesday, January 8, 2025, each party must file its witness
list (restricted) with the Court.

6. Motions in Limine.

All motions in limine must be filed by Wednesday, January 8, 2025 and
responses to all such motions must be filed by Friday, January 10, 2025.
The parties must respond to the motions in limine.

7. Proposed Voir Dire.

During voir dire, Judge Brasel will handle all the questioning of
prospective jurors, however, she will take input from the attorneys. By

2The parties shall follow Judge David T. Schultz’s scheduling order regarding the
disclosure of expert witnesses at ECF No. 318.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025, the parties must file any questions they wish
the Judge to ask prospective jurors.

8. Proposed Jury Instructions.

a. No later than Monday, December 30, 2024, the parties must exchange
proposed jury instructions. The parties must then meet and confer and
make every effort to resolve disagreements over those proposed
instructions.

b. Parties shall submit a set of jointly proposed jury instructions by
Wednesday, January 8, 2025. A Word version of the proposed
instructions must be emailed to Judge Brasel’s chambers.

i. Each proposed instruction must be numbered, appear on a
separate page, and identify supporting legal authority.

ii. Any citation to a set of model jury instructions or a jury‐
instruction treatise must be to the current version of the cited
source unless a party has good cause to cite an older version and
explains why it is citing the older version.

9. Proposed Special Verdict Form.
No later than Monday, December 30, 2024, the parties must exchange
proposed special verdict forms. The parties must then meet and confer
and make every effort to resolve disagreements over the proposed special
verdict form. If the parties reach agreement, the proposed form must be
filed by Wednesday, January 8, 2025. If they do not reach agreement, the
parties must file their own proposed forms by Wednesday, January 8,
2025. A Word version of the proposed special verdict form must be
emailed to Judge Brasel’s chambers.

10. Daily transcripts.
If any party intends to order daily transcripts of the trial, that party should
contact Judge Brasel’s court reporter, Renee Rogge (612‐664‐5107), as soon
as possible, so that she can make arrangements for other court reporters to

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assist her during the trial. Ms. Rogge’s email address is
Renee Rogge@mnd.uscourts.gov.

Dated: November 7, 2024 s/Nancy E. Brasel
Nancy E. Brasel
United States District Judge

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SUMMARY OF DEADLINES

Disclosure of Expert Witness (per Pretrial Order at ECF No. 318)
 Pursuant to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 16(a)(1)(G) and 16(b)(1)(C),
the Court adopts the following schedule for expert witness disclosures. No
later than 60 days prior to trial, the parties shall make their principal expert
disclosures, and, no later than 30 days prior to trial, the parties shall make
any rebuttal expert disclosures.

By Monday, December 30, 2024:
 Parties to exchange lists and make exhibits available
 Parties to disclose witness lists
 Parties to exchange proposed jury instructions
 Parties to exchange proposed verdict forms

By Wednesday, January 8, 2025:
File:
 Trial briefs
 List of exhibits
 Witness lists
 Motions in limine
 Proposed voir dire
 Proposed joint jury instructions
 Proposed special verdict form(s)

Via email to brasel chambers@mnd.uscourts.gov:
 MS Word versions of joint introduction to the case, proposed voir dire,
proposed joint jury instructions, and proposed special verdict form(s).

By Friday, January 10, 2025:
 File responses to motions in limine.
 Responses to trial briefs. (not required)

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Thursday, January 16, 2025: Pretrial conference at 10:00 a.m. in Minneapolis.

Monday, February 3, 2025: Voir Dire and Trial begin at 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis.

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