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EXIGENTCIRCUMSTANCES GENERAL ORDER NO. 23-02
CREATED BY COVID-19 WITH RESPECT
TO VIDEOTELECONFERENCINGFOR
CRIMINALPROCEEDINGS
This Court issues this General Order, as one in a series of General Orders, in response to
the ongoing spread ofthe Coronavims Disease (COVID-19) in the Southern District of Ohio and
elsewhere. There have been approximately one hundred four million, three hundred forty-eight
thousand, seven hundred forty-six confirmed cases ofCOVID-19 throughout the United States,
more than three million, four hundred thirty-one thousand, nine hundred eighty-seven total cases
across Ohio, and of that total, over one million, seven hundred forty-seven thousand cases in the
Southern District of Ohio, with seats of Court in Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton. On March
13, 2020, the President declared a National Emergency relating to COVID-19, on the basis of
which certain video and teleconferencing technologies were permitted in criminal proceedings
under the CARES Act. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a law (H. J. Res. 7) temiinating
the National Emergency relating to COVID-19. As a result, the authority to use video and
teleconferencing technologies in certain criminal proceedings under § 15002(b) ofthe CARES Act
will expire onWednesday, May 10, 2023. Thereafter, Courts ofthe Southern District ofOhiowill
return to pre-pandemic practices and may use video or teleconferencing technologies only pursuant
to the provisions of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure or any relevant statutes that applied
before the CARES Act. Accordingly, the procedures outlined in General Orders 20-07, 20-18, 20-
26, 20-35, 21-05, 21-12, 21-19, 21-23, 22-06, 22-14, 22-18, 22-21, and 23-01 authorizing the use
ofvideo and teleconferencing technologies in criminal proceedings are rescinded.
The end of the national emergency declaration does not immediately affect the use of
teleconferencing technology to provide remote audio-only public access to civil and bankruptcy
proceedings, which may continue at this time pursuant to the temporary exception to the Judicial
Conference broadcasting policy.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: April 24, 2023
ALGENO^NV. MARBLEY
CHIEF UMTED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
