Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 01-2679.
March 27, 2009
ORDER
A request has been made to alter the Court's prior instruction regarding post-trial contact with jurors. Once and for all, we make it clear that post-trial contact by the lawyers, their agents, representatives, those affiliated with them, or anyone at their request is absolutely prohibited. See Rule 47.5W of the Uniform Local Rules of the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana; and Sawyer v. Hickey, 68 F.3d 472 (5th Cir. 1995).