FILED
Clerk
District Court
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JUL 02 2026
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3 for the Northern Mariana Islands
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5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT (Deputy Clerk)
6 FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
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9 In Re: General Order No. 26-00011
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11 COURT CLOSURE DUE TO ORDER
12 TROPICAL STORM BAVI
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In the early morning hours of July 2, 2026, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded
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Tropical Depression 09W, formerly Invest 95W, to Tropical Storm 09W, in view of its increasing
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organization and maximum sustained winds. Subsequently, shortly before noon of the same day,
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Tropical Storm 09W was assigned the name “Bavi.”
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Current projections place Tropical Storm Bavi as passing through the Mariana Islands as a
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well-developed typhoon—potentially as a super typhoon—by this weekend or early next week,
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with likely significant impacts to infrastructure and life and limb across the Marianas. As such,
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the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands will be closed beginning on Monday, July 6,
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2026, and will reopen at 8:00 a.m. on the first work day after an “all clear” is issued by the
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Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, unless otherwise ordered.1
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The CM/ECF electronic filing system will remain online, unaffected by this weather closure.
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SO ORDERED this 2nd day of July, 2026.
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28 RAMONA V. MANGLONA
Chief Judge
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The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands will also be closed on July 3, 2026, in observance of
Independence Day.
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