Ninth Circuit OKs Cameras in District Court

An experimental program to allow cameras into the 15 district courts of the Ninth Circuit has been approved by the Ninth Circuit Judicial Council.  For the time being, video recordings will be allowed in non-jury civil matters only, and when the case is approved by the Chief Judge of the district and the Chief circuit judge.  A 1996 policy barred photographs as well as television and radio broadcasts of district court proceedings, though oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit have been recorded since 1991.

-Kathleen Bergin