Fifth Cir. — Judge Stacy M. Youmans: Remote appearances

Source of truth

Zoom appearances are typically permitted for hearings set for non-evidentiary hearings of one hour or less. Trials and longer evidentiary hearings require in-person court appearance unless previously requested and approved through the filing of a motion.

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Provenance record

Source sha256: . Corpus categories: REMOTE_HEARING_LENGTH, REMOTE_REQUEST_DEADLINE, REMOTE_EXHIBIT_DEADLINE. Quote status as recorded by the researcher: VERBATIM_FROM_OFFICIAL_PARSED_TEXT. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.

Change history

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Fifth Cir. — Judge Stacy M. Youmans: Remote appearances

Summary

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Source of truth

Change history

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