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Standing Order 2020-05

In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19

Chief Judge James K. Bredar · United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Court)

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Jurisdiction
United States District Court for the District of Maryland · Maryland
Level
Court
Authority
inherent authority; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A)
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20 through 2020-04-24 (extended by Standing Orders 2020-07, 2020-11, 2020-16, 2020-19, 2020-20, 2020-21, 2021-01, 2021-07, 2021-15, 2021-16) (read as 2020-03-20)
End
2020-04-24 (extended) (read as 2020-04-24)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to Apr. 24, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • litigants, counsel, jurors
Functions reached
  • CT all jury trials and non-emergency proceedings postponed; Baltimore and Greenbelt courthouses
  • 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 immediately, all civil and criminal petit jury selections and jury trials scheduled to commence now through April 24, 2020 before any district or magistrate judge in any courthouse in the District of Maryland are POSTPONED and CONTINUED pending further Order of the Court;... ORDERED that all other civil, criminal, and bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. District [Court and Bankruptcy Court] now scheduled to occur from March 16, 2020, through April 24, 2020, are POSTPONED and [CONTINUED]... Date: March 20, 2020

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