The court order allows three news organizations - Civil Beat, Hawaii Reporter, and Honolulu Star-Advertiser - to live blog the trial of United States v. Mordechai Orian. Only one journalist from each organization can bring a laptop into the courtroom to blog and transmit updates. Photographs and recordings are prohibited. Journalists must provide 24-hour advance notice of who will be blogging. Failure to comply with the order could result in contempt of court charges.

1. Case 1:10-cr-00576-SOM Document 298 Filed 10/20/11 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 2396
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) CR. NO. 10-00576 SOM
)
Plaintiff, ) ORDER REGARDING LIVE-BLOGGING
) OF TRIAL PROCEEDINGS
vs. )
)
MORDECHAI ORIAN, )
)
Defendant. )
_____________________________ )
ORDER REGARDING LIVE-BLOGGING OF TRIAL PROCEEDINGS
The deadline for submitting requests to live-blog the
trial of this case having passed, and the court having received a
total of three such requests (from Civil Beat, Hawaii Reporter,
and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser), the court orders that live-
blogging is restricted to those three organizations. At any
given time during trial proceedings that are on the record and
open to the public, one individual from each of those
organizations (i.e., three individuals in total) may bring that
individual's laptop and an internet connection into the courtroom
on the conditions set forth below. This order does not set a
districtwide policy or a policy that this trial judge will
necessarily follow for all of this trial judge's cases.
No person or entity other than those designated in this
order or falling under the terms of any other order issued by

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this judge may have a laptop or internet connection in the
courtroom.
1. No recordings may be made and no photographs may
be taken of court proceedings. Audio and video recordings and
still photographs are included among the items that are
prohibited.
2. Use of the laptop and internet connection shall
not create a distraction in the courtroom, whether for
participants in the proceedings or for others.
3. Only one reporter from each of the three
organizations is permitted to write and transmit on an internet
connection from the courtroom at any given time. The name of
each designated reporter shall be provided in writing to the
trial judge and to security personnel on the first floor of the
courthouse at least 24 hours in advance. Whenever the designated
reporter is unable to attend and intends to send a substitute
reporter, the substitute's name and the duration of the
substitution shall be provided in writing to the trial judge and
to security personnel on the first floor of the courthouse at
least 24 hours in advance.
4. By taking advantage of the leave granted here, each
of the three organizations acknowledges that a violation of the
terms of this order may subject that organization to contempt of
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court proceedings, which may result in the imposition of the full
array of sanctions available for contempt.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, October 20, 2011.
/s/ Susan Oki Mollway
Susan Oki Mollway
Chief United States District Judge
United States v. Mordechai Orian; CR. NO. 10-00576 SOM; ORDER
REGARDING LIVE-BLOGGING OF TRIAL PROCEEDINGS
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