D. Ariz. LRCiv 43.1

(a) Audio/video Recording.

(1) Prohibited Activities. All forms, means, and manner of capturing,

recording, broadcasting, transmitting, and/or storing of anything by use of electronic,

photographic, audio and/or visual means or devices are prohibited in all courtrooms and

environs thereto during the course of, or in connection with, any judicial proceedings

whether the Court is actually in session or not.

(2) Exceptions. A District, Magistrate, or Bankruptcy Judge may

permit:

(A) the use of electronic or photographic devices for the

presentation of evidence or the perpetuation of the record;

(B) the broadcasting, televising, recording or photographing of

investitive, ceremonial, or naturalization proceedings; and

(C) subject to the prohibitions contained in paragraph (a)(1)

above, the use of an unobtrusive hand-held dictating device by counsel or unrepresented

parties for use in dictating notes or reminders during trial. It is not to be used to record

any part of the proceedings.

(b) Computers, Cellular Phones, and Other Equipment. Unless otherwise

ordered by the Court, counsel and unrepresented parties and their legal assistants may use

laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and pagers in the courtroom

provided they emit no sound, and are not disruptive to the proceedings. Unless otherwise

ordered by the Court, Internet access is permitted. Cellular phones are prohibited from

use in the courtroom. However, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, cellular phones

may be utilized in the hallways, lobbies, and other areas of the environs. Any device

which has the potential to emit sound or be disruptive to Court proceedings must be

turned off or set on silent mode in the courtroom. The use of this equipment is

permissible within a judge's chambers at the discretion of the judge. The use of any

device described in this section or any other device for the purposes described in this

Local Rule subsection (a)(1) is strictly prohibited.

(c) Environs Defined. Environs as used in this Local Rule means the Sandra

Day O'Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix including the entire building,

parking lot and curtilage up to the edge of, but not including, the sidewalk; the Evo A.

Deconcini United States Courthouse in Tucson including the entire building, parking lot

and curtilage up to the edge of, but not including, the publicly dedicated sidewalk; the

second floor, basement and that portion of the third floor occupied by the U.S. District

Court in the United States Courthouse in Prescott; the entire first floor and that portion of

the second floor occupied by the U.S. District Court and U.S. Pretrial Services in the

AWD Professional Building, Flagstaff; the entire United States Courthouse in Yuma; the

interior of the United States Courthouse at 230 N. First Avenue, Phoenix Arizona; and

the interior of the James A. Walsh Courthouse, Tucson, Arizona. In addition to the

foregoing, environs as used in this Local Rule also means any other building, parking lot,

and curtilage up to the edge, but not including the publicly dedicated sidewalk, of any

structure which is owned by the federal government and in which a United States District

Court proceeding is held.

(d) Interiors of Offices. This Local Rule does not apply to the interiors of the

following offices: U. S. Probation, U. S. Pretrial Services, Clerk's Office, U. S. Attorney's

Office, the attorney lounges, and all private tenants.

(e) Exemption for Court Reporting and Recording. This Local Rule is not

intended to prohibit recordings by a court reporter paid or appointed by the District Court

or recordings prepared by Court personnel, where such recordings are for use as a court

record only.

(f) United States Marshal Service and General Services Administration

Duties. The United States Marshal Service (USMS) and the General Services

Administration (GSA) will make reasonable efforts to promote safe and unobstructed

public access to the courthouse during regular business hours. Whenever USMS or GSA

in its discretion deems it necessary, or when they are ordered to do so by a Judge, USMS

and GSA shall create and maintain by the placement of stanchions an ingress/egress

corridor extending from the front door of the courthouse to the sidewalk. The corridor

shall include the wheelchair access ramp. The corridor shall be deemed an extension of

the doorway and remain unobstructed. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (a),

USMS or GSA may designate a "media access area" on outdoor courthouse property in

which the use of cameras and other audio and video recording equipment is permitted.