Amended Trial Notice and Final Pretrial Order — USA v Abdihakim Ali Ahmed et al. (D. Minn., Doc. 360)

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An Amended Trial Notice and Final Pretrial Order, dated November 7, 2024 and filed 11/07/24 as Doc. 360, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, for USA v Abdihakim Ali Ahmed (7), Abdikadir Ainanshe Mohamud (9), Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir (10), Asad Mohamed Abshir (11) and Hamdi Hussein Omar (12) (22-cr-223 NEB/DTS), before Judge Nancy E. Brasel. It sets trial and jury selection to begin Monday, April 14, 2025 and a pretrial conference for Thursday, April 3, 2025. It sets deadlines for trial briefs, exhibit lists, witness lists, motions in limine, proposed voir dire, jury instructions and special verdict forms, mostly on March 17 and March 24, 2025. It also covers exhibit marking, electronic display of evidence and expert witness disclosure timing, and ends with a summary of deadlines.

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CASE 0:22-cr-00223-NEB-DTS Doc. 360 Filed 11/07/24 Page 1 of 7

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

AMENDED TRIAL NOTICE AND
FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER1

USA v Abdihakim Ali Ahmed (7), Abdikadir Ainanshe Mohamud (9),
Abdinasir Mahamed Abshir (10), Asad Mohamed Abshir (11), and Hamdi Hussein
Omar (12) (22‐cr‐223 NEB/DTS) are hereby scheduled for trial before Judge Nancy E.
Brasel. Trial and Jury selection will begin Monday, April 14, 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, April 3, 2025, at
9:00 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 Monday, March 24, 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
Thursday, March 27, 2025.

4. Exhibits.

a. By Monday, March 17, 2025, 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 Monday, March 24, 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

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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
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, March 17, 2025, 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, March 24, 2025, each party must file its witness list
(restricted) with the Court.

6. Motions in Limine.

All motions in limine must be filed by Monday, March 24, 2025 and
responses to all such motions must be filed by Thursday, March 27, 2025.
The parties must respond to the motions in limine.

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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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
Monday, March 24, 2025, the parties must file any questions they wish the
Judge to ask prospective jurors.

8. Proposed Jury Instructions.

a. No later than Monday, March 17, 2025, 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 Monday,
March 24, 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, March 17, 2025, 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 Monday, March 24, 2025. If they do not reach agreement, the
parties must file their own proposed forms by Monday, March 24, 2025.
A Word version of the proposed special verdict form must be emailed to
Judge Brasel’s chambers.
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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
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, March 17, 2025:
 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 Monday, March 24, 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 Thursday, March 27, 2025:
 File responses to motions in limine.
 Responses to trial briefs. (not required)

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Thursday, April 3, 2025: Pretrial conference at 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis.

Monday, April 14, 2025: Voir Dire and Trial begin at 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis.

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