UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
2021 JAN 11 PH 3:·59
In Re:
tJ.S. DlSTHiC1 CCUHT
SOUTHERN OiSi. OHIO
FURTHER ORDER REGARDING tAST. DIV. COLUMBUS
COURT OPERATIONS UNDER THE GENERAL ORDER NO. 21-02
ONGOING EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES
CREATED BY COVID-19
Further Adjustment to the Reconstitution Plan with
Respect to Grand Jury Proceedings
Because of the continuing public health crisis in the country at large and in this judicial
district in particular, it is hereby ORDERED that General Order 20-36 is hereby amended by
striking the words "for sixty days from the date of this General Order" in the first sentence of
paragraph 3 and inserting in lieu thereof "until and including March 1, 2021." The effect of this
General Order is to extend the suspension of the grand jury provided in General Order 20-36 with
the exceptions noted therein. Specifically, the Grand Jury may meet once in January 2021 and
once in February 2021 in any of the three locations of Court. Presentations to those sessions,
however, shall be strictly limited to cases facing an imminent expiration of the statute of
limitations. Because, pursuant to this General Order and General Order 20-36, the Grand Jury
cannot consider other matters at those meetings, the Grand Jury in this District shall not be
considered "in session" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 3161 as to any matters other than those set
forth above. As a result, as to any defendant arrested or served with a summons after November
25, 2020, and as to whom the thirty-day period specified in 18 U.S.C. §3161(b) would otherwise
expire before the first meeting of a Grand Jury in this District that occurs after March 1, 2021, the
time period for filing an information or indictment shall be extended thirty days in alignment with
18 u.s.c. § 3161(b).
Additional extensions oftime to indict or file an information under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)
as to a particular defendant or defendants may be sought from the assigned judge on a case-by-
case basis.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: January 11, 2021
ALGENON L. MARBLEY
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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