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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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IN RE: VACATING REVISED
6 VACCINATION POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES GENERAL ORDER 2022-03
VACATING FIRST AMENDED
7 AND EXTERNS IN RESPONSE TO THE TEMPORARY GENERAL ORDER
COVID-19 PANDEMIC 2022-01
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9 The Court has issued a series of general orders changing how the Court operates
10 to do its part in containing the spread of COVID-19.1 In furtherance of those efforts, on
11 February 10, 2022, the Court adopted, and later amended, a Vaccination Policy for
12 employees and externs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (“the Policy”) as part of
13 the Court’s gradual transition to living with COVID-19 and resuming normal court
14 operations. See General Order 2022-01. Since then, the Court has incrementally
15 resumed in-person proceedings and expanded jury trials, and recently suspended the
16 face covering requirement for in-person court proceedings. See General Order 2022-
17 02. Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak also recently announced his intention to end the
18 State of Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 20, 2022.2 Thus, by all
19 indications, society and the Court are transitioning to living with COVID-19 from treating
20 it as an emergency. Accordingly, the Court vacates the Policy and the accompanying
21 General Order 2022-01.
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23 1See, e.g., General Orders 2020-02, 2020-03, 2020-04, 2020-05 (available at
24 https://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/court-information/rules-and-orders/general-orders/).
25 2Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, Governor Sisolak announces intention to end
COVID-19 State of Emergency (May 6, 2022), https://gov.nv.gov/News/Press/2022/2022-
26 05-06 COVID19StateOfEmergency/.
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1 That said, COVID-19 continues to circulate in the community, and vaccines
2 remain effective against it.3 The Court continues to encourage all employees and
3 externs to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and stay up-to-date on their vaccinations.
4 It is therefore ordered that General Order 2022-01, First Amended General Order
5 2022-01, and the Policy are vacated.
6 This Order is effective from this 16th Day of May 2022 until further notice.
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9 MIRANDA M. DU, CHIEF JUDGE
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3See Nevada Health Response, COVID-19 (Last Visited May 10, 2022),
25 https://nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/; see also Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines (Updated May 9, 2022),
26 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/safety-of-vaccines.html.
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