Federal courts begin to consider guidelines for reopening Tuesday, April 28, 2020

U.S. Courts

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has distributed to the courts guidelines for restoring operations that rely heavily on conditions in local communities and on objective data from local and state public health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Federal Judiciary COVID-19 Recovery Guidelines emphasize local decision-making by the courts as each considers exhaustive factors while moving through four phases. The final phase is a return to normal operations, similar to those that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States.

Courts would progress through the phases at their own pace because the guidelines rely on such unpredictable factors as the downward trend of a community’s cumulative daily COVID-19 case counts over a 14-day period, the status of local restrictive movement and shelter-in-place orders, and confirmed or suspected cases in a court facility.

Read more at: https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2020/04/27/courts-begin-consider-guidelines-reopening