The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- AO 2021-10
- Issued
- 2021-08-12 Aug. 12, 2021
- Effective
- September 2021 argument session (read as 2021-08-12)
- End
- Revised again Dec. 22, 2021 (read as 2021-12-22)
- In force
- Aug. 12, 2021 to Dec. 22, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- arguing counsel
- persons attending argument
- Functions reached
- CT courts
- CS appellate representation
- HR
- Collection
- Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS
Operative words
REVISED PROTOCOLS FOR IN-PERSON ARGUMENTS (August 12, 2021)... [The court] will resume in-person argument.... Fully vaccinated individuals must wear masks in accordance with current [CDC guidance]... Individuals are considered fully vaccinated for purposes of these Protocols [two weeks] after receiving their second dose in a two-dose series vaccine or 14 [days after a single-dose vaccine].
Enforcement
Court protocols; Form 33A certification
Notes
The Delta-wave re-tightening: masks required of the fully vaccinated as well, from Aug. 12, 2021.