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Masks now optional in Maryland courts
Wearing a face mask is voluntary in Maryland courthouses as of Monday, according to an administrative order issued late last week. Monday also marks a return to Phase V of […]
Maryland courts pause jury trials amid COVID-19 surge
Jury trials in Maryland courts are being put on hold until Feb. 8 under a new administrative order issued in response to surging COVID-19 infections.
Challenge to statute-of-limitations suspension appears doomed at Md. high court
Maryland’s top court appears poised to uphold the constitutionality of its then-chief judge’s order suspending the deadline for filing civil claims when she closed the clerks’ offices last year to […]
Barbera’s statute-of-limitations suspension was unconstitutional, attorney says
Maryland’s then top judge violated the state Constitution by suspending the deadline for filing civil claims when she closed the clerks’ offices to stanch the spread of the COVID-19 virus, […]
Bredar requires vaccination for federal courthouse entry as of Sept. 8
Beginning Sept. 8, most will not be permitted to enter Maryland’s two federal courthouses unless they verify they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or granted a medical or religious exemption.
Judiciary staff must be vaccinated or tested weekly beginning Sept. 27, Barbera says
Maryland Judiciary workers must show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 by Sept. 27 or submit weekly test results starting on that date, the chief judge ordered.
Barbera announces mask order for most of state’s courthouses, judicial offices
Maryland Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera Friday announced that, beginning Aug. 9, masks would be required for all, regardless of vaccination status, in courthouse and judicial branch facilities in any […]
Bredar eases mask mandate for vaccinated U.S. court participants
Fully vaccinated participants in U.S. District Court proceedings in Maryland will be allowed to remove their masks at the presiding judge’s discretion beginning Tuesday, the federal court’s chief judge said, […]
With courts reopening, lawyers need vaccination priority, Md. bar group says
Maryland lawyers should be given priority for receiving COVID-19 vaccinations as courthouses are set to reopen next month and jury trials are scheduled to resume in April, the state’s bar […]
Federal in-court proceedings resume March 1, Bredar says
The U.S. District Court for Maryland will resume some in-person court proceedings March 1 and jury trials two weeks later, the court’s chief judge ordered Wednesday, citing significant improvement in […]
Montgomery criminal trials suspended as COVID hits state’s attorney’s office
Criminal trials in Maryland District Court have been suspended in Montgomery County until at least Dec. 21 as 20 employees of the state’s attorney’s office there have been sidelined by […]
DeWolfe seeks suspension of misdemeanor proceedings
Chief Maryland Public Defender Paul B. DeWolfe called on the state’s top jurist Monday to suspend misdemeanor trial proceedings in district court for all non-incarcerated defendants, except those alleging domestic […]
