IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Judge William J. Martínez

Criminal Case No. 11-cr-00295-WJM-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

SHARON JONES,

Defendant.

ORDER SETTING TRIAL DATE AND RELATED DEADLINES

This matter comes before the Court for the setting of a trial date and related

deadlines upon the entry of a Discovery Conference Memorandum and Order. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:

A. All pretrial motions shall be filed by no later than August 24, 2011. 

Responses to these motions shall be filed by no later than September 6, 2011. No

reply shall be permitted without prior leave of Court. If a party believes an evidentiary

hearing on a pretrial motion is necessary, a written request for same must be made by

no later than the pretrial motion deadline;

B. The Court will not consider any motion related to the disclosure or

production of discovery that is addressed by the Discovery Memorandum and Order

and/or Fed. R. Crim. P. 16, unless prior to filing the motion counsel for the moving party

has conferred or made reasonable, good-faith efforts to confer with opposing counsel in

an effort to resolve the disputed matter. If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute,

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the moving party shall state in the motion the specific efforts which were taken to

comply with this Order to Confer. Counsel for the moving party shall submit a proposed

order with all motions, opposed and unopposed. Opposed disclosure or discovery

motions which do not demonstrate meaningful compliance with this Order to Confer will

be stricken;

C. Expert witness disclosures pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 16 shall

be made no later than seven days before the pretrial motion deadline, and any

challenges to such experts shall be made by said deadline;

D. Disclosures regarding rebuttal expert witnesses shall be made one week

after the pretrial motion deadline, and any challenges to such rebuttal experts shall be

made no later than two weeks after said deadline;

E. Local Rule D.C.COLO.LCrR 11.1 applies fully to this case. Absent an

Order permitting or directing otherwise, a Notice of Disposition shall be filed no later

than 14 days before the trial date. Change of Plea Hearings will generally be set for

the same time as the Final Trial Preparation Conference;

F. A Final Trial Preparation Conference is hereby set for Friday, September

16, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. in Courtroom A601. Lead counsel who will try the case must

attend in person. All non-evidentiary motions not previously ruled on will be addressed

at the time of the Final Trial Preparation Conference. 

G. The parties shall also be prepared to address some or all of the following

issues at the Final Trial Preparation Conference, as warranted by the facts and

circumstances of the case: 1) jury selection; 2) sequestration of witnesses; 3) timing of

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presentation of witnesses and evidence; 4) anticipated evidentiary issues, including the

need for scheduling of hearings outside the presence of the jury; 5) proposed voir dire

questions; 6) stipulations as to fact or law; 7) whether a trial brief would be of assistance

to the Court and, if so, as to what issues and of what length; and 8) any other issue

affecting the duration or course of the trial.

H. A five-day jury trial is hereby set to commence in the U.S. District

Courthouse, Courtroom A601, 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado, on Monday,

September 26, 2011 at 8:00 a.m.

I. Counsel are directed to this Court’s Revised Practice Standards to ensure

compliance with all deadlines triggered by the setting of the Final Trial Preparation

Conference and Trial.

DATED this 3rd day of August, 2011.

BY THE COURT:

__________________________

William J. Martínez 

United States District Judge

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