{"id":"FED-295","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States federal courts (all districts)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Judicial Conference of the United States (finding of Mar. 29, 2020), announced by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Mar. 31, 2020","authority":"CARES Act § 15002(b)(1), Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281, 528 (Mar. 27, 2020)","instrument":"Judicial Conference finding under CARES Act § 15002 that emergency conditions due to the COVID-19 national emergency will materially affect the functioning of the federal courts generally","title":"Judiciary Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 Pandemic (uscourts.gov, Mar. 31, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-29","effective":"2020-03-29 through the \u0027covered emergency period\u0027 (30 days after termination of the national emergency; CARES Act § 15002(a))","end":"2023-05-10 (30 days after Pub. L. 118-3 terminated the national emergency; post-period)","startDate":"2020-03-29","endDate":"2023-05-10","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["chief judges of the 94 district courts","criminal defendants and counsel"],"clause":"emergency conditions due to the national emergency declared by the President with respect to COVID-19 will materially affect the functioning of the federal courts generally [the Judicial Conference finding quoted in the announcement]; CARES Act § 15002(b)(1): \u0027if the Judicial Conference of the United States finds that emergency conditions due to the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act... will materially affect the functioning of either the Federal courts generally or a particular district court of the United States, the chief judge of a district court covered by the finding... may authorize the use of video teleconferencing, or telephone conferencing if video teleconferencing is not reasonably available, for the following events: (A) Detention hearings... (B) Initial appearances...\u0027","enforcement":"statutory authorization; district-court standing orders (e.g., Exs. FED-301, FED-334, FED-364)","functions":["CT every federal district authorized video and telephone criminal proceedings."],"notes":"The national predicate for the district courts\u0027 CARES Act orders; the finding was renewed every 90 days through 2023.","sourceUrl":"http://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judiciary-news/2020/03/31/judiciary-authorizes-video-audio-access-during-covid-19-pandemic","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":532800,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-295","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-295","citation":"Judicial Conference of the United States (finding of Mar. 29, 2020), announced by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Mar. 31, 2020, Judicial Conference finding under CARES Act § 15002 that emergency conditions due to the COVID-19 national emergency will materially affect the functioning of the federal courts generally (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. FED-295)","stateName":"","related":["FED-340","FED-301","FED-334","FED-364"]}