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Parties Involved:
John Ching En Lee
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

USA,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JOHN CHING EN LEE,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cr-00541-SI-1 (SI)

ORDER FOR PRETIRAL 

PREPARATION (CRIMINAL)

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

TRIAL DATE: On June 28, 2016 at 8:30 a.m., Courtroom 1, 17th floor, and will be before the 

JURY.

TRIAL LENGTH is estimated to be 3 days.

MOTIONS IN LIMINE:

Any party wishing to have motions in limine heard prior to the commencement of trial 

must file and serve same no later than five court days prior to the date set for the Pretrial 

Conference. Any party opposing such a motion in limine shall file and serve its opposition papers 

no later than two court days prior to the Pretrial Conference(with personal service directly on 

chambers). No reply papers will be considered, and the motions will be heard at the Pretrial 

Conference or at such other time as the Court may direct. 

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: A Pretrial Conference SHALL be held at 3:30 p.m. on

June 14, 2016, in Courtroom 10. Not less than three days before the Pretrial Conference, counsel 

for the government SHALL:

(1) Serve and file a trial memorandum briefly stating the legal bases for the charges 

and the anticipated evidence, and addressing any evidentiary, procedural or other anticipated legal 

issues;

(2) Serve and file a list of all witnesses who may be called, together with a brief 

summary of the testimony of each;

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(3) Serve and file proposed jury instructions on all substantive issues and on any 

procedural issue not adequately covered by the Court’s standard instructions (which are published 

in the Ninth Circuit Manual of Model Jury Instructions). Counsel shall deliver to the Courtroom 

Deputy a copy of their proposed jury instructions on a CD/DVD in Microsoft Word format;

(4) Serve and lodge a proposed form of verdict and proposed questions for jury voir 

dire; and,

(5) Serve and file exhibit lists; and serve copies of all marked exhibits on all parties. 

Each item SHALL be premarked; generally, the government SHALL use numbers, the defendant, 

letters. The exhibits SHOULD NOT be filed with the Court, only the exhibit lists must be filed 

with the Court. However, counsel shall lodge with the Court two copies of the exhibits in binders 

the Friday before trial, for the Court’s use and witnesses use during trial. The original exhibits 

admitted by the Court shall be collected by the Court during trial.

Not less than three days before the Pretrial Conference, defense counsel SHALL comply 

with subparagraphs (3) and (4) above, and, to the extent consistent with the defendant’s right to an 

effective defense, with subparagraphs (1), (2) and (5) above.

Counsel SHALL confer in advance and be prepared to discuss with the Court any 

anticipated evidentiary objections and any means for shortening and simplifying the trial (e.g., by 

stipulating to such matters as chain of custody, nature of substances, use of the mails, etc.).

Counsel should submit an agreed upon set of additional requested voir dire questions to be 

posed by the Court. Any voir dire questions on which counsel cannot agree shall be submitted 

separately. Voir dire by counsel will not be permitted absent leave of Court.

MOTIONS: All motions SHALL be heard on 5/13/16 at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom 10, and 

SHALL comply with Crim. L.R. 47-2. Before filing any motion, counsel for defendant and for 

the government SHALL confer concerning any matter covered by Crim. L.R. 17.1-1(b), relevant 

to the case, in particular, subparagraphs (1) - (3).

The party filing any motion or other paper in this case shall show on the first page beneath 

the file number which, if any, of the exclusions under 18 U.S.C. § 3161 may be applicable to the 

action sought or opposed by the motion or other paper, and his or her calculation of the amount of 

excludable time to the hearing date.

The party filing an opposition or other paper shall also show on the first page beneath the 

file number which, if any, of the exclusions under 18 U.S.C. § 3161 may be applicable to the 

action sought or opposed by the motion or other paper, and his or her calculation of the amount of 

excludable time to the hearing date. Crim. L.R. 47-2 (c)

COPIES: Each document filed or lodged with the Court must be accompanied by a three-hole 

punched copy for use in the Judge’s chambers. In addition, one copy of the witness and exhibit 

lists should be furnished to the court reporter.

TRANSCRIPTS: If transcripts will be requested during or immediately after trial, arrangements 

must be made with the court reporter at least one week before trial commences.

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CHANGE OF PLEA: Counsel SHALL give prompt notice to the United States Attorney and to 

the Court of any intention to change a previously entered not guilty plea.

EXHIBITS: Upon the conclusion of the trial, the admitted exhibits are filed by the Court. The 

exhibits not admitted are returned to counsel.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

4/1/16

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