Judge Ito called counsel to an unreported sidebar conference. No testimony or argument was recorded, as the court reporter was explicitly excluded.
# 1 THE COURT: All right. Let me see counsel at the sidebar without the court reporter, please.
KEY QUOTE # 2 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.)
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routine Key Quotes (1)
Lance A. Ito
Let me see counsel at the sidebar without the court reporter, please.
Ito explicitly excluded the court reporter, making the conference entirely off the record.