Please be reminded that Judge Waites’ hearings for next week (scheduled for March 24, 25, and 26, 2020) remain on the docket as scheduled. Judge Waites will be liberally granting requests to appear by telephone/video conference at these hearings.

Pursuant to Judge Waites’ announcement on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, which is available here, those seeking to appear by telephone/video conference at next week’s hearing should, after consulting with opposing counsel/parties, contact the following people to make this request:

• Counsel should contact Andrew Powell (Andrew_Powell@scb.uscourts.gov) and Sarah Kistler (Sarah_Kistler@scb.uscourts.gov).
• Pro se parties should contact Nicole Stalvey (Nicole_Stalvey@scb.uscourts.gov, 803-765-5834).

When requesting to appear by telephone/video conference, please advise of the following information:

• That you have consulted with the opposing parties/counsel and that there is no objection to appearing by telephone/video conference;
• That the matter is not contested or is contested but requires only argument and/or stipulated exhibits; and
• That you will not be examining/cross-examining any witnesses or presenting any unstipulated exhibits at the hearing.

In contested matters involving the presentation of testimony and/or unstipulated exhibits, counsel/parties should contact the following people well in advance of the hearing in order to determine any possible changes in the scheduling or manner of the contested hearing:

• Counsel should contact Andrew Powell (Andrew_Powell@scb.uscourts.gov) and Sarah Kistler (Sarah_Kistler@scb.uscourts.gov).
• Pro se parties should contact Nicole Stalvey (Nicole_Stalvey@scb.uscourts.gov, 803-765-5834).

Any questions by counsel should be addressed to Andrew Powell (Andrew_Powell@scb.uscourts.gov) and Sarah Kistler (Sarah_Kistler@scb.uscourts.gov).