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Superior Court Extends Rules Emergency Through November 14

August 17, 2022

Finding that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present extraordinary circumstances relating to public health and safety that substantially impair its ability to perform certain functions, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Order 22-21 on August 16, 2022, extending for 90 days the rules emergency first declared on May 26, 2021, and later extended. Rules of Criminal Procedure 62(c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3), and (d)(4) shall be effective during this period. The rules emergency expires on November 14, 2022, unless terminated early.

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