(a) The United States Marshal, the Federal Protective Service and any other
federal security force are authorized to require all persons entering any United States
District Court in the Northern District of Ohio to pass through an electronic metal
detector before gaining access to the building or the corridors leading to the Judges'
chambers. Whenever any person who activates the detector wishes to gain access to
these areas, such person must submit to a reasonable, limited search of his or her person
and property in order to determine the existence, if any, of explosive or dangerous
weapons that might cause injury to persons or property.
(b) All packages, bags, parcels, and brief cases shall be submitted for
magnetometer, x-ray, and/or manual inspection upon entry into any United States District
Court in the Northern District of Ohio. Any person who refuses to allow such inspection
shall be denied entrance.
(c) Except for the United States Marshal, the Marshal's deputies and designees,
no one shall have an explosive, incendiary, deadly, or dangerous weapon on or about his
or her person while inside any United States District Court in the Northern District of
Ohio, unless such person is a federal law enforcement officer, or is a law officer of
another jurisdiction who receives approval of the United States Marshal. This approval
shall be accomplished by signing a register in the office of the United States Marshal on
each day that the person enters the courthouse with a weapon. Such register will record
the date, signature of the person carrying the weapon, destination in the courthouse, and
a brief description of the weapon.
(d) The United States Marshal and any other federal security force authorized by
law are directed to enforce this Rule and to take into custody any person violating its
provisions. Such persons who commit any violation of this Rule while outside the
confines of a courtroom or in a courtroom outside the presence of the Judge or Judges of
such Court shall be brought before a Magistrate Judge without any unnecessary delay.
Such persons who commit any violation of this Rule while within the confines of a
courtroom in the presence of a Judge or Judges shall be brought before the Judge or
Judges as directed without unnecessary delay.
(See LCrR 57.4) Last revised 4/7/97. See Historical Notes for full revision history.
