{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (all cases)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Sharon Prost","authority":"Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2) and 2","instrument":"Administrative Order 2020-02, \u0027Conducting Oral Arguments\u0027 (May 18, 2020)","title":"Administrative Order 2020-02: Conducting Oral Arguments","dateIssued":"2020-05-18","effective":"2020-05-18","end":"In-person argument resumed with the September 2021 session under Administrative Order 2021-10 (075)","startDate":"2020-05-18","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH","TELE"],"addressees":["all counsel and parties in cases calendared for argument"],"clause":"[The court has] conducted court sessions telephonically and, in some cases, dispensed with oral argument pursuant to Federal Rule of [Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2)]... [in light of restrictions on] their ability to travel for argument. Upon consideration of [the continuing public health emergency, the court finds that the following] procedures are necessary to continue effective operations. IT IS ORDERED THAT:... (2) All in-person arguments are suspended. The [court will hear argument by telephone or decide cases on the briefs]...","enforcement":"Administrative order of the court","functions":["CT courts (no in-person appellate argument for sixteen months)","CS appellate representation (travel to Washington eliminated; telephonic argument instructions of Aug. 24, 2020 and Apr. 21, 2021)","CB hotels and travel vendors serving the appellate bar"],"notes":"In force on every day of 2021 Q3 through the July and August 2021 sessions (AO 2021-10 provides that arguments \u0027scheduled for July and August will proceed as\u0027 remote arguments).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/Announcements/COVID-19Info/AdministrativeOrder-2020-02-05182020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":202439,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072","citation":"Chief Judge Sharon Prost, Administrative Order 2020-02, \u0027Conducting Oral Arguments\u0027 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-071"]}