21.   Hearings will continue this month in a federal courtroom on Saipan.

22.   In a federal courtroom in Brooklyn, a prominent lawyer and a murderous mobster turned major government informer will tangle in an organized-crime trial opening Monday.

23.   In a federal courtroom in San Diego, Garcia, testifying in the case of a co-worker, described how he was enticed into protecting a drug ring.

24.   In a Manhattan federal courtroom filled with his followers and their families last winter, the defendant addressed the judge.

25.   It is a long way from the ancient tombs of Egypt to a federal courtroom in lower Manhattan.

26.   It was the Louima case again, full-bore in a federal courtroom in Brooklyn.

27.   Last week in a federal courtroom, a weeping mother begged jurors to spare the life of her convicted son.

28.   Lindh, caught alongside the Taliban last fall, is being held in a city jail and in August faces a jury trial in a federal courtroom in Virginia.

29.   Not in this dark paneled federal courtroom high above downtown Manhattan.

30.   On Thursday, their paths merged again, this time in a federal courtroom, where their worst fears of government were realized.