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tAST. DIV. COLUMBUS
COURT OPERATIONS UNDER THE AMENDED
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES GENERAL ORDER NO. 20-10
CREATED BY COVID-19 REGARDING
PRO HAC VICE APPLICATIONS
In recently filed pro hac vice motions, the applicants represented to the Court that due to
the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), and the concomitant reduction ofjudicial
staffs throughout the country, the highest courts of numerous states are not issuing certificates of
good standing.
S. D. Ohio Civ. R. 83 .3 (e) provides in part that every application to be admitted to practice
in this Court pro hac vice "be accompanied by an original certificate of good standing from the
highest court of a State or the District of Columbia (and not from another federal court) that has
been issued not more than three months prior to the date of the motion."
Based on the findings in this Court's General Orders 20-08 and 20-17 regarding the current
national health crisis, which are incorporated herein by reference, and the allegations of the
aforementioned applicants, it is hereby ORDERED that, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, in lieu
of the referenced certificate of good standing, an applicant for admission pro hac vice shall provide
an affidavit or declaration under penalty of perjury conforming to 28 U.S.C. § 1746 that he or she
is in good standing as an attorney at law with the highest court of a State or the District of
Columbia. Once the pandemic abates in the applicant's jurisdiction to the extent that the highest
court of a State or the District of Columbia is issuing certificates of good standing, the applicant
has 30 days within which to secure the certificate of good standing from the highest court of the
applicant's State and file it with the Court as required by S. D. Ohio Civ. R. 83.3(e).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: June 11, 2020
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