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Streets To Close For Vick Plea Hearing

Thursday, August 23, 2007 – updated: 3:07 pm EDT August 23, 2007

So many people are expected to show up to hear Michael Vick's guilty plea on Monday, streets around the federal courthouse will be closed and an overflow court room will be set up.

Officials from the federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia Thursday released a long set of rules for the 10:30 a.m. hearing.

Only 100 people will be allowed in the main courtroom, on a first-come, first served basis. No reserved seating.

The overflow courtroom will seat an additional 200 people.

Lines are expected to start forming long before the courtrooms open at 9:50.

No cameras, cell phones, pagers, portable computers, or PDAs are allowed in the courthouse.

Sketch artists will be allowed, but will have to wait in line like everyone else.

Reporters and spectators won't be allowed to bring any reading material into the courtroom.

Streets around the courthouse will be closed down on Sunday at 6 p.m. until Monday evening.

The Atlanta Falcons quarterback said through a lawyer this week that he will plead guilty to charges connected to a dogfighting operation. He could face up to five years in prison.

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