The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore, Greenbelt) · Maryland
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- inherent authority; Misc. No. 00-308
- Issued
- 2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-23
- End
- superseded by Standing Orders 2020-09, 2020-10 and 2020-14 (courthouse access) later in 2020 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- members of the public
- litigants
- persons with COVID-19 symptoms or exposure
- Functions reached
- CT courthouses closed to the general public from Mar. 23, 2020
- CS
- Collection
- Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B
Operative words
ORDERED by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland that, effective March 23, 2020, no members of the public, other than litigants with a scheduled proceeding, [may enter any] U.S. Courthouse in the District of Maryland without prior permission from the Chief Judge or [the presiding judge]... [a drop box is available at] the entrance of each courthouse to deposit and date-stamp papers between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; and it is further ORDERED that, in addition to the above restrictions, the following persons shall not enter any U.S. Courthouse or U.S. Probation Office in this District: [persons with symptoms, exposure or recent travel]...
Enforcement
court order; court security officers