UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
In Re: TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZATION TO GENERAL ORDER
USE VIDEO AND TELEPHONE CONFERENCING FOR N0. 23-05
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THE
CARES ACT
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On March 9, 2023 this Court entered General Order 23-03, extending for 90 days the
authorization to use of video and telephone conferencing, under certain circumstances and with
the consent of the defendant, for various criminal case events pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES ACT”), P.L. 116-136, H.R. 748. In accordance with
§ 15002(b)(5)(A) of the CARES Act, said Order states that should the President’s National
Emergency declaration terminate or be revoked prior to the expiration of 90 days from the date of
the Order, then the Order may be vacated according to law.
On April 10, 2023, the President signed into law H.J. Res. 7 which provides that “the
national emergency declared by the finding of the President on March 13, 2020, in Proclamation
9994 . . . is hereby terminated.” Accordingly, General Order 23-03 is hereby superseded and
vacated such that the authorization to use video and teleconferencing technologies in certain
criminal proceedings under § 15002(b) of the CARES Act shall expire on May 10, 2023.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 12th day of April, 2023.
GREG N. STIVERS, CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
ENTERED
J J. JR., CLERK
4/13/2023
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
