E.D. La. LR 83.3.8

Except as set forth herein or as authorized by the court, no one other than court officials engaged

in the conduct of court business may bring any camera, transmitter, receiver, audio or video

recording device, personal digital assistant, cellular telephone (including Palm Pilot, Blackberry,

iPhone, or comparable electronic device), computer (including laptop, notebook desktop, or

comparable computing device) or other type of electrical or electronic device into the premises.

Any member of the Bar of this court may, subject to security screening, bring personal digital

assistants, cellular telephones or computers (“Authorized Electronic Devices”) into the

courthouse for that attorneys’ own use and for presenting, managing, and accessing documents

and files for the presentation of evidence during trials and proceedings. Any Authorized

Electronic Devices with the capability to make or record images or sounds must be off whenever

the device is in any courtroom or its environs, and the use of any such device to record, transmit

or photograph court proceedings is prohibited. All sound emitting capabilities (including

ringtone or vibration sound) of any Authorized Electronic Device must be off in any courtroom.

Authorized Electronic Devices may not be used in a manner that disrupts or interferes with any

judicial proceeding or violates Fed. R. Evid. 615 regarding exclusion of witnesses.

Notwithstanding this provision, no Authorized Electronic Device may be brought into any

courtroom or judicial chambers if the judge to whom the courtroom or chambers is assigned

prohibits the introduction of such devices. Other than as set forth herein, no person may

introduce or attempt to introduce any type of electronic device (including but not limited to,

camera, recording equipment or other type of device) into the premises without court permission.