UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
?fi fl.PR - 5 P·1·1 5: \ 2
In Re:
'• I
COURT OPERATIONS UNDER THE
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES GENERAL ORDER NO. 20-10
CREATED BY COVID-19 REGARDI G
PRO RAC VICE APPLICATIONS
In recently filed pro hac vice motions, the applicants represented to the Court that due to
the outbreak or the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID- 19), and the concom itant reduction of judicial
staffs throughout the country, the highest courts of numerous states arc not issuing certificates or
good standing.
S. D. Ohio Civ. R. 83.3(c) provides in part that every application lo be admitted to practice
in thjs Court pro /,ac 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 rcderal coun) that has
been issued not more than three months prior to the date of the motion:·
Based on the findings in this Coun ·s General Order 20-08 regarding the current national
health crisis, which are incorporated herein by reference, and the allegations of the aforementioned
applicants, it is hereby ORDERED that, during the period ending June I, 2020. in lieu or the
referenced certificate of good standing, an applicant for admission pro /,ac vice shall provide an
affidavit or declaration under penalty of perju1y 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 applic1uH 's jurisd iction, 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 Cou11 as required by S. D. Ohio Civ. R. 83.3(e).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: April 6, 2020
ALGEN ~ BJ:;Er - -
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
2
