{"id":"MD-090","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland","authority":"Md. Const. art. IV, sec. 18; Md. Rules Title 16, Chapter 1000","instrument":"Third Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency (Aug. 6, 2021, effective Aug. 9, 2021)","title":"Third Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-08-09","end":"Superseded Dec. 27, 2021 (Omicron interim order) and Feb. 18, 2022","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2021-12-27","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK"],"addressees":["all courts and clerks\u0027 offices","litigants, jurors, the public"],"clause":"WHEREAS, Although vaccination efforts have made significant progress and infection rates have fallen, the emergence of the highly contagious Delta variant and the attendant risk posed to those who are vaccinated and those who have not completed the vaccination process require the return to health measures that have been proven effective in reducing the likelihood of infection and will allow the continuation of emergency court operations in Phase V, NOW, THEREFORE... do hereby order this 6th day of August 2021, effective August 9, 2021, as follows: (a) Should the CDC or MDH protocols require a return to restricted emergency operations during the COVID-19 emergency, a progressive, phased return to full operations by the courts... shall be the policy of the Maryland Judiciary, consistent with the measures taken since March 12, 2020; and (b) Emergency operations consist of five phases... it may become necessary to retreat from a later to an earlier phase... Footnote 1: (b) In Phase II, from November 30, 2020, through March 14, 2021...; (d) In Phase IV, beginning March 15, 2021, courts are open to the public...; (e) Effective March 15, 2021, through April 25, 2021, the courts operated under Phase IV...","enforcement":"Administrative order","functions":["CT courts in Q3 2021 (emergency operations continuing)","PJ"],"notes":"Text PDF; the Judiciary\u0027s own statement that \u0027emergency court operations\u0027 continued in Q3 2021","sourceUrl":"https://mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/admin-orders/20210806thirdamendedorderexpandingstatewidejudiciaryoperationsinlightofthecovid19emergency.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210806204223/https://mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/admin-orders/20210806thirdamendedorderexpandingstatewidejudiciaryoperationsinlightofthecovid19emergency.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":449451,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-090","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-090","citation":"Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Third Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency (Aug. 6, 2021, effective Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. MD-090)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-087","MD-089","MD-085","MD-088","MD-091","MD-092"]}