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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
THIRD AMENDED TRIAL NOTICE AND
FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER
USA v Mahad Ibrahim (3) (22‐cr‐124 NEB/DTS) are hereby scheduled for trial
before Judge Nancy E. Brasel. Trial and Jury selection will begin Monday, August 18,
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, July 24, 2025, at
3:00 p.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 December 19, 2023 at ECF No.
317.
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3. Trial Briefs.
a. Trial briefs shall be submitted by Monday, July 14, 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
Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
4. Exhibits.
a. By Monday, July 7, 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, July 14, 2025, each party must file its exhibit list with the
Court.
c. Only exhibits that are identified on the exhibit list may be offered at trial,
unless the omission is excused for good cause.
d. 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.
e. 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
evidence is the only option. Paper exhibits are strongly discouraged
during trial.
f. 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
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should be emailed to the chambers email at:
Brasel_Chambers@mnd.uscourts.gov.
g. 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, July 7, 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.1
b. By Monday, July 14, 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, July 14, 2025 and
responses to all such motions must be filed by Wednesday, July 16, 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
Monday, July 14, 2025, the parties must file any questions they wish the
Judge to ask prospective jurors.
1The parties shall follow Judge David T. Schultz’s scheduling order regarding the
disclosure of expert witnesses at ECF No. 317.
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8. Proposed Jury Instructions.
a. No later than Monday, July 7, 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,
July 14, 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, July 7, 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, July 14, 2025. If they do not reach agreement, the parties must
file their own proposed forms by Monday, July 14, 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: June 17, 2025 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. 317)
Pursuant to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 16(a)(1)(G)(ii), 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, July 7, 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, July 14, 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 Wednesday, July 16, 2025:
File responses to motions in limine.
Responses to trial briefs. (not required)
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Thursday, July 24, 2025: Pretrial conference at 3:00 p.m. in Minneapolis.
Monday, August 18, 2025: Voir Dire and Trial begin at 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis.
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