High court approves emergency powers for chief judge in pandemic
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s top court Monday unanimously approved COVID-19 pandemic-inspired rules that immediately gave its chief judge sweeping emergency authority to have cases moved to other courthouses or, if necessary, to any suitable and available building. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera also has the authority to suspend set or judicially ordered deadlines […]
Queen Anne’s County Circuit Court gets new home
It will be out with the very old and in with the very new in Centreville on Monday. Queen Anne’s County will open a state-of-the-art circuit courthouse, fully ready for the high-tech needs of electronic filings and the recording of courtroom activities as well as being in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, […]