19th Cir. — Judge Elizabeth Metzger: Remote & virtual appearances

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Private Attorney & Public Defender Docket Call is usually held once per month. Counsel may attend the Docket Call in person or via Zoom. Telephonic appearances are not permitted. Plea negotiations and client discussions must take place before Court commences. Inmates will not be transported unless requested in advance, and all Defendants not in custody are required to appear unless excused prior to Docket Call; defendant’s appearance at docket call may be waived by e-filing a Waiver of Appearance with the Clerk’s office at least three (3) business days prior to docket call. Counsel should have available a copy of the waiver to present to the Court at docket call, if needed. Failure to appear when the case is called or failure of counsel to appear with a copy of the Waiver of defendant’s appearance at Docket Call will result in the issuance of a Bench Warrant without bond, unless counsel

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19th Circuit — Administrative Orders (circuit19.org)

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Healthy · checked September 7, 2026

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July 24, 2026benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: Page sha256: ef253cd55b8d62d2c1d3715f735fe0eb9dcf8331467564694f2e2372b37d64d3. Corpus topic: remote_virtual_platform. Published during the completeness pass — the 2026-07-24 arbitration verified this circuit but published 14 rules against 6,388 verbatim requirements.