{"id":"MD-088","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland","authority":"Md. Const. art. IV, sec. 18","instrument":"Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency (Feb. 16, 2021): Phase III from Mar. 1 and Phase IV from Mar. 15, 2021; jury trials Apr. 26, 2021","title":"Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency","dateIssued":"2021-02-16","effective":"2021-03-01 (Phase III); 2021-03-15 (Phase IV)","end":"Superseded May 24, 2021 (MD-089)","startDate":"2021-03-01","endDate":"2021-05-24","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts and clerks\u0027 offices","litigants, jurors, the public"],"clause":"WHEREAS, The surge in COVID-19 infection rates throughout Maryland in late 2020 having required a return to and extension of Phase II operations; recent ongoing vaccination efforts coupled with falling infection rates allow progression to more robust levels of operations, NOW, THEREFORE... do hereby order this 16th day of February 2021, as follows: (a) Should the CDC or MDH protocols require a return to restricted emergency operations during the COVID-19 emergency, a progressive, phased return to full operations... shall be the policy of the Maryland Judiciary, consistent with the measures taken since March 12, 2020... [Phase IV, beginning March 15, 2021, courts are open to the public... with continued restrictions to limit the concentration of individuals and allow social distancing]","enforcement":"Administrative order","functions":["CT","CL","PJ","SV"],"notes":"Thirty scanned pages; page 2 read; phase dates confirmed by MD-090 footnote 1(d)-(e)","sourceUrl":"https://mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/admin-orders-archive/archivedin2022/20210216amendedorderexpandingstatewidejudiciaryoperationsinlightofthecovid19emergency.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":8095920,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-088","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-088","citation":"Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency (Feb. 16, 2021): Phase III from Mar. 1 and Phase IV from Mar. 15, 2021; jury trials Apr. 26, 2021 (Ex. MD-088)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-089","MD-080","MD-090"]}