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(COVID 19, Order 21-6) Mask Requirements & Social Distancing

E.D. La. Standing Order — (COVID 19, Order 21-6) Mask Requirements & Social Distancing

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA COVID-19 GENERAL ORDER NO. 21-06 May 19, 2021 Amendment Two to COVID-19 General Order No. 20-01: Considering recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the State of Louisiana, and the City of New Orleans, individuals who are fully vaccinated are not required to wear a mask to enter the Hale Boggs Federal Building or Courthouse; nor are fully vaccinated individuals required to distance 6 feet apart from other individuals while moving through the building. A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their final COVID- 19 vaccine shot. Individual agencies may require masks or social distancing to enter or remain in their agency or office space and so all should honor and respect those rules. IT IS ORDERED. 19th day of May, 2021. New Orleans, Louisiana, this _______ NANNETTE JOLIVETTE BROWN CHIEF JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA 1
Official source: https://www.laed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/general-orders/EDLA-General%20Order%2021 · retrieved 2026-07-23