#MARYLAND JUDICIARY REVIEW FULL#
Should the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) protocols require a return to restricted emergency operations during the COVID-19 emergency, the policy of the Maryland Judiciary shall be, consistent with the measures taken since March 12, 2020, a progressive, phased return to full operations and.Effective March 7, 2022, courts shall resume operations under Phase V, including jury trials as described in the Exhibit to this Phase V may require continued restrictions to limit the concentration of individuals and allow social distancing as necessary and.
Getty, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and administrative head of the Judicial Branch, pursuant to the authority conferred by Article IV, § 18 of the Maryland Constitution, do hereby order this 1 st day of March 2022, effective March 7, 2022, as follows: WHEREAS, infection rates have now fallen allowing the return to operations in Phase V, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention having issued revised protocols on the wearing of masks on February 25, 2022, and the majority of local jurisdictions having emerged or emerging from mandatory health mandates related to the surge in COVID-19 infections due to the Omicron variant, WHEREAS, Jury trials that were scheduled to commence between November 16, 2020, through April 23, 2021, and between December 29, 2021, through March 6, 2022, by previous orders were postponed and rescheduled in accordance with the date established by the Sixth Amended Administrative Order on Lifting the Statewide Suspension of Jury Trials and Maintaining Grand Juries, filed Maand WHEREAS, The emergence of the highly infectious Omicron variant in the latter part of 2021 required a return to modified Phase III operations and, WHEREAS, The Amended Administrative Order on the Progressive Resumption of Full Function of Judiciary Operations Previously Restricted Due to the COVID-19 Emergency, filed June 3, 2020, provided for five phases of a progressive return to operations and WHEREAS, COVID-19 continues to require the Judiciary to monitor the current phase of operations in the phased approach, moving toward full operational functions, while employing safety measures and monitoring local health conditions to continue to support the health and safety of Maryland residents and Judiciary personnel and WHEREAS, Remote proceedings have proved to be useful and effective in facilitating the courts’ performance of core functions during the COVID-19 emergency and may continue and
WHEREAS, The administration of justice necessarily has been affected by the pandemic and will continue to require the professionalism, courtesy, and cooperation of the members of the bench and the bar in navigating the changes to practices and procedures and WHEREAS, Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, an emergency exists and WHEREAS, Chapter 1000 of Title 16 of the Maryland Rules of Practice and Procedure sets forth the emergency powers of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and WHEREAS, Pursuant to the Maryland Constitution, Article IV, § 18, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals is granted authority as the administrative head of the Judicial Branch of the State and
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