FILED
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING 2:50 pm, 5/8/23
Margaret Botkins
ORDER VACATING COURTHOUSE Clerk of Court
ENTRY GENERAL ORDERS
AND GENERAL ORDER CONCERNING GENERAL ORDER NO 23-03
VIDEO AND TELECONFERENCES
IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS UNDER
THE CARES ACT
GENERAL ORDER VACATING PRIOR COVID RELATED ORDERS
CONCERNING COURTHOUSE ENTRY AND USE OF VIDEO AND
TELECONFERENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
This matter comes before the Court sua sponte for purposes of vacating its prior
COURTHOUSE ENTRY ORDERS (see General Orders 21-04; 21-03; 20-01; 20-06) and
GENERAL ORDER AUTHORIZING VIDEO OR TELEPHONE FOR CRIMINAL
PROCEEDINGS and extensions thereof (see General Orders 20-03, 20-08, 20-10, 20-15,
21-02, 21- 04, 21-05, 21-07, 22-01, 22-03, 22-06 22-07 and 23-01) allowing video or
telephone conferencing for specified criminal proceedings pursuant to the "Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act," H.R. 748 (the "CARES Act").
On April 10, 2023, the President signed into law a Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 7),
which provides that “the national emergency declared by the finding of the President on
March 13, 2020, in Proclamation 9994 . . . is hereby terminated.” As a result, after May
10, 2023, courts are no longer be permitted to use video or teleconferencing
technologies, except as authorized by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Those criminal proceedings that, independent of the CARES Act, are authorized to be
conducted via video or telephonic means under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure,
may be conducted in the manner which the presiding Judge determines is authorized and
appropriate.
Therefore, it is hereby
ORDERED that this Court’s COURTHOUSE ENTRY ORDERS (see General
Orders 21-04; 21-03; 20-01; 20-06) are hereby VACATED. It is further
ORDERED that this Court’s GENERAL ORDER AUTHORIZING VIDEO OR
TELEPHONE FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS and extensions thereof (see General
Orders 20-03, 20-08, 20-10, 20-15, 21-02, 21- 04, 21-05, 21-07, 22-01, 22-03, 22-06 22-
07 and 23-01) are hereby VACATED.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 8th day of May, 2023.
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SCOTT W. SKAVDAHL
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
