Judge Ito briefly called court technician Matt Ormond to the bench for an unreported conference, likely to address a technical or equipment issue. The exchange was extremely brief with no substantive legal proceedings taking place.
#1(The following proceedings were held in open court:)
#5(A conference was held at the bench, not reported.)
#6(The following proceedings were held in open court:)
Temperature
routine
Key Quotes (1)
Lance A. Ito
Matt, could you crawl across and come chat with us, please.
The informal phrasing 'crawl across' suggests Ormond was positioned near technical equipment in the courtroom and needed to navigate around it to reach the bench.
Light Moments (1)
Lance A. Ito
Judge Ito's casual instruction to 'crawl across' to reach the bench has an informal, almost humorous quality suggesting Ormond was tucked behind equipment.