{"id":"FED-313","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States District Court for the District of Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge James K. Bredar","authority":"inherent authority; the Court\u0027s Recovery Plan","instrument":"Amended Standing Order 2021-07","title":"In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Amended; Phase Three relaxations effective July 1, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-06-23","effective":"2021-07-01","end":"","startDate":"2021-07-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all persons entering the District\u0027s courthouses and Probation offices"],"clause":"On May 26, 2021, the Court modified Phase Three of its Recovery Plan to relax some of [its restrictions]... [the State of Maryland ended its state of] emergency, effective July 1, 2021. Moreover, local jurisdictions have eliminated indoor mask mandates or will do so by July 1, 2021.... [the Court finds that] vaccination rates, and other relevant criteria warrant additional relaxation of pandemic mitigative restrictions to reflect these improving factors, effective July 1, 2021. It is ORDERED that the following persons shall not enter any U.S. Courthouse or U.S. [Probation Office: persons with COVID-19 symptoms, diagnosis or exposure]... Spectators will not be permitted into the courtroom during individual voir dire examination of prospective jurors and other in camera proceedings.","enforcement":"court order","functions":["CT courthouse entry restrictions and spectator limits continuing from July 1, 2021"],"notes":"The District of Maryland\u0027s Q3 2021 instrument: it relaxed but did not end the courthouse restrictions on July 1, 2021 and kept entry exclusions and spectator limits in force; Standing Orders 2021-15 and 2021-16 (listed on the court\u0027s site) continued the regime through the autumn.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/sites/mdd/files/Amended-2021-07.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":112693,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-313","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-313","citation":"Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Amended Standing Order 2021-07 (June 23, 2021) (Ex. FED-313)","stateName":"Maryland","related":[]}