Telephonic Participation/Live Viewing of Court Documents During Hearings. a. Dial in at least 5 minutes before your hearing is scheduled to begin. b. Parties are always permitted to participate by dial-in without any permission or notification to the Court except: i. Dial-in participation is not allowed for chapter 13 panel hearings. ii. Witnesses may not be presented by dial-in and witnesses may not be examined by telephone, except in emergency situations if the Court determines to waive this prohibition for good cause. iii. Parties may not participate by cell phone, but may listen to hearings from their cell phone. c. Parties may not participate by speakerphone. d. Do not place your telephone on hold. You may mute your phone. If you dial in to a hearing, you are participating in a court proceeding and are bound by the normal rules of courtesy and attention. e. If a technological problem arises, the hearing will continue without the participation of dial in participants. The Court will not delay hearings for signal problems or interference. Accordingly, persons choosing to attend a hearing by dial-in do so at their own risk of a technological failure. f. The following procedures must be used for dial-in participation. i. The dial-in number is 1-712-432-3100. You will be responsible for your own long-distance charges. This dial-in number should be used regardless of the Court location of the hearing (Houston, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Galveston or McAllen). ii. You will be asked to key in the conference room number. The conference room number is 815978. Once this number is entered, you will be connected live to the courtroom. iii. Once you are connected, you will be able to hear persons speaking in the courtroom and other persons on the call addressing the Court. You will not be able to address the Court until the Court addresses you or you request to speak and the Court grants the request. iv. If you wish to address the Court, you must press 5*. Do not press 5* until you need to address the Court. Within 5 seconds, the Court will receive a signal that you wish to speak. When the Court calls on you, you will hear a recorded message that your line has been unmuted. At that time, you can be heard. v. When you are done, the Court may again terminate your ability to speak. You may press 5* if an additional issue arises that you wish to address with the Court. vi. Telephonic participants may connect on-line to view the Court’s broadcast onto the courtroom’s television monitors. This procedure will not show any broadcast made by a party. To view on-line, you may connect through the website located at https://www.join.me. Click on “Join Meeting”. The code for the meeting is “judgeisgur”. If you are attempting to view the broadcast on an IPAD or similar device, you may be required to download a free app from the website.
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