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Parties Involved:
Jacob Adam Blevins
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

USA,

Plaintiff,

v.

JACOB ADAM BLEVINS,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cr-00477-JSC-1 

ORDER FOR PRETRIAL 

PREPARATION FOR CRIMINAL 

BENCH TRIAL

Following the Status Conference held on March 5, 2020 IT IS ORDERED:

1. TRIAL DATE

a. Trial by the Court will begin on June 3, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 

E, 15th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

b. The length of the trial shall be one day.

2. DISCOVERY

a. Both sides will comply with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and 

the United States will comply with Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), Giglio v. United 

States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972), and United States v. Agurs, 427 U.S. 97 (1976).

3. MOTIONS

a. Any motions in limine shall be submitted as follows: at least twenty-one 

(21) calendar days before the conference, the moving party shall serve, but not file, the opening 

brief. At least eleven (11) calendar days before the conference, the responding party shall serve 

the opposition. There will be no reply. When the oppositions are received, the moving party 

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should collate the motion and the opposition together, back-to-back, and then file the paired sets at 

least ten (10) calendar days before the conference. Each motion should be presented in a separate 

memorandum and properly identified, for example, “Plaintiff's Motion in Limine No. 1 to Exclude 

. . . .” Each party is limited to bringing five motions in limine. The parties are encouraged to 

stipulate where possible, for example, as to the exclusion of witnesses from the courtroom. Each 

motion should address a single, separate topic, and contain no more than seven pages of briefing 

per side. 

b. Hard-copy courtesy copies of the above documents shall be delivered by 

NOON the day after filing. 

4. PRETRIAL FILINGS

A Final Pretrial Conference shall be held on May 14, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., in Courtroom 

E, 15th Floor. Each party shall attend by lead trial counsel.

a. Seven (7) days prior to date of the Final Pretrial Conference the parties shall each 

complete (except as noted in paragraph 4(a)(5) below) the following:

1. Serve and file a pretrial statement pursuant to Crim. L.R. 17.1-1(b).

2. At the discretion of the parties, serve and file a trial brief.

3. Serve and file a numerical list of each party’s exhibits, including a brief 

statement describing the substance and purpose of each exhibit and the name of the 

sponsoring witness.

4. Serve and file a list of the witnesses that each party intends to call at the 

trial, not including rebuttal witnesses, setting forth for each witness the substance of their 

testimony.

5. Exchange exhibits, which shall be pre-marked with an exhibit sticker 

(example attached), tabbed and in 3-ring binders. Plaintiff shall use numbers (1,2, 3, etc.) 

and defendant shall use numbers preceded by a letter (A-1, A-2, A-3, etc.). Additional 

parties shall also use a letter preceding numbers (B-1, B-2, B-3, or C-1, C-2, C-3, etc.). A 

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single exhibit should be marked only once. If the Plaintiff has marked an exhibit, then the 

Defendant should not re-mark the exact document with another number. Different 

versions of the same document, e.g., a copy with additional handwriting, must be treated as 

different exhibits with different numbers. Spine labels should indicate the numbers of the 

exhibits that are in the binders. Each set of exhibit binders shall be marked as “Original.” 

Deposit the exhibits with the deputy clerk one (1) week before the trial. Exhibits are not 

filed.

6. In addition to the official record exhibits, a single, joint set of bench 

binders containing a copy of the exhibits must be provided to the Court and should be 

marked as “Chambers Copies.” Each exhibit must be separated with a label divider 

identifying the exhibit number. (An exhibit tag is unnecessary for the bench set.) Spine 

labels should indicate the numbers of the exhibits that are in the binders. 

7. Counsel must consult with each other and with the deputy clerk at the end 

of each trial day and compare notes as to which exhibits are in evidence and any 

limitations thereon. If there are any differences, counsel should bring them promptly to the 

Court’s attention.

8. Before closing arguments, counsel must confer with the deputy clerk to 

make sure the exhibits in evidence are in good order. Counsel may, but are not required to, 

jointly provide a revised list of all exhibits actually in evidence (and no others) stating the 

exhibit number and a brief, non-argumentative description.

5. PRETRIAL ARRANGEMENTS

During trial, counsel may wish to use overhead projectors, laser-disk/computer 

graphics, poster blow-ups, models, or specimens of devices. Equipment should be shared by all 

counsel to the maximum extent possible. The Court provides no equipment other than an easel. 

The United States Marshal requires a court order to allow equipment into the courthouse. For 

electronic equipment, parties should be prepared to maintain the equipment or have a technician 

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handy at all times. The parties shall tape extension cords to the carpet for safety. The parties may 

work with the deputy clerk, Ada Means (415-522-2015), on all courtroom-layout issues.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 5, 2020

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JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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