United States District Court

District of Oregon

Case Number: 3:16-cr-00051-BR Dated: February 12, 2016 

Case Name: US v. Bundy, et al 

Presiding Judge: Anna J. Brown Courtroom Deputy: Bonnie Boyer

RECORD OF : Order 

In the exercise of its case-management discretion, the Court makes the following Order which,

among other things, changes the time of day of the arraignment proceedings in this matter

currently scheduled for 2/24/16:

1. The 2/24/16 arraignment proceedings in this matter as to the Indictment (#54) will not be

part of the Duty Magistrate criminal calendar on 2/24/16. Instead the arraignment proceedings

will be combined with a case-management and scheduling conference before Judge Anna J.

Brown from 10:00 a.m. to Noon on 2/24/16 in Courtroom 14A at which each Defendant who has

not timely waived personal appearance (see Para. 2. below) and counsel for all parties must

appear at the same time. 

2. Any Defendant who wishes to waive personal appearance at the 2/24/16 proceedings

must file no later than Noon on 2/19/16 a personally-signed waiver of the right to appear in

person at that proceeding which also includes such Defendant's consent to proceed for that

appearance through counsel of record. Any out-of-custody Defendant who waives personal

appearance but who also wishes to listen to the proceedings via an audio connection may arrange

to do so through counsel and CRD Bonnie Boyer.

3. For the purpose of scheduling matters after 2/24/16, the Court directs Defendants'

counsel to designate a single scheduling contact for all Defendants' counsel collectively and

likewise directs the government's counsel to designate a single scheduling contact with whom

court staff for this case will deal directly for all future scheduling purposes. The parties must

notify CRD Bonnie Boyer of these designations no later than 2/16/16. 

4. After completion of the arraignment proceedings on 2/24/16, the Court will then conduct

a case-management conference to consider, among other things, the parties' current assessments

as to:

(a) whether this matter should be designated complex for purposes of the Speedy Trial 

 Act;

(b) whether and at what intervals the Court should schedule recurring case-management 

 conferences at which the Court may facilitate the parties' trial preparation;

(c) whether and when any form of substantive motion practice is needed before trial;

(d) the time reasonably needed for the parties to complete their investigation and 

 discovery and otherwise to prepare for trial taking into account the possibility of a 

 superseding indictment with additional charges and parties; 

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(e) whether the Court should set a date for a single trial as to all Defendants collectively 

 or set dates for multiple trials for groups of Defendants; and

(f) what specific trial date(s) the Court should set now.

5. To assist the Court in setting a reasonable case-management and trial schedule on

2/24/16, the Court directs counsel for all parties to confer and to submit no later than Noon on

2/22/16, a single, case-management filing specifying the parties' respective suggestions, whether

agreed or not, as to case-management issues and proposed scheduling including those issues

outlined in Para. 4. above. The Court also directs Defendants' counsel to confer now to consider

ways to avoid unnecessary duplication of defense efforts, to share to the extent possible

investigative and other trial-preparation efforts, and to minimize costs. The Court seeks the

recommendation of Defense counsel as to who among them the Court should designate on

2/24/16 as responsible to coordinate defense efforts where possible for efficiency and fairness. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

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