Pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 1.1(h) and D.C.COLO.LCrR 1.1(h), the United States District Court for the District of Colorado provides this public notice and opportunity for public comment regarding a pilot program involving the regulation of cellular and smart phones in designated United States Courthouses in the District of Colorado. This pilot program is intended to regulate and control the use of cellular and smart phones to prevent their unauthorized use and the associated adverse consequences in designated courthouses in the District of Colorado. Control is achieved by requiring members of the public to store their phones in a Yondr pouch (a secure, lockable, fabric bag) while they are in the courthouse.
A thirty-day comment period will commence with the date of this Public Notice issued October 15, 2026.
Comments from the public may be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. MST on Monday, November 16,
2026. Comments can be emailed to [email protected] or sent by U.S. mail to;
Clerk of Court, ATTN: Local Rules Comment, Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, CO 80294.