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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-073 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Administrative Order, 'Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020' (June 26, 2020)

Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020

Chief Judge Sharon Prost (Federal Circuit) and Chief Judge Margaret M. Sweeney (Court of Federal Claims) · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States Court of Federal Claims (National Courts Building) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States Court of Federal Claims (National Courts Building)
Level
Court
Authority
28 U.S.C. 2071
Issued
2020-06-26 June 26, 2020
Effective
2020-06-26
End
2020-08-14 (further extended by successor orders not saved; the restriction was continuous to the 2021 chain, 074-077) (read as 2020-08-14)
In force
June 26, 2020 to Aug. 14, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the public
  • counsel and parties
  • employees and contractors of both courts
Functions reached
  • CT courts (both the Federal Circuit and the Court of Federal Claims closed to the public)
  • CS representation before the Court of Federal Claims (government contracts, takings, tax refund and vaccine cases)
  • OF
Collection
Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS

Enforcement

Administrative order of both courts; court security officers

Notes

The Court of Federal Claims' own COVID orders were not located on its current website; this joint order and the 2021 chain (074, 076, 077, each issued 'altering the rules of both courts') are the instruments that closed the trial court's Washington courthouse.

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF with no text layer; Render and read before quoting.