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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070 Order Primary source read

Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020)

Restricting Public Access to the National Courts Building

Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, Washington, D.C.; shared with the Court of Federal Claims) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, Washington, D.C.; shared with the Court of Federal Claims) · District of Columbia
Level
Court
Authority
28 U.S.C. 2071; inherent authority
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 noon (Eastern) (read as 2020-03-16)
End
'until this Order is either amended or rescinded'; succeeded by the June 26, 2020 order (073) and the 2021 chain (074, 076, 077) (read as 2020-06-26)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 26, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public
  • counsel and parties
  • credentialed media
Functions reached
  • CT courts (appellate court closed to the public)
  • CS appellate representation (patent, trade, government-contract and veterans appeals)
  • OF court operations
  • CB litigants
Collection
Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS

Operative words

[The Chief Judge of] the Federal Circuit [orders] to restrict public access to the Howard [T. Markey National Courts Building], effective March 16, 2020, noon (Eastern). It Is Ordered That: (1) There will be no public access to the Howard T. [Markey National Courts Building except as provided below]... [on argument days], public access will only be permitted for [arguing counsel and persons with] media credentials.... (8) Nothing in this order restricts the access of any [judge, employee or contractor performing essential functions]... until this Order is either amended or rescinded.

Enforcement

Administrative order of the court; building access controlled by court security officers (40 U.S.C. 1315)

Notes

The Federal Circuit hears every patent appeal in the country and every appeal from the Court of Federal Claims, the Court of International Trade and the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

Retrieval note

Scanned order with a partial text layer; quoted from the extracted text.

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