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D.C. Courts to Operate Under Emergency Schedule

February 28, 2022

Due to scheduled protests downtown, the D.C. Courts will operate on an emergency schedule from March 1 through March 4. All remote oral arguments in the D.C. Court of Appeals and remote hearings in D.C. Superior Court will proceed at their originally scheduled time. Criminal trials currently in progress in Superior Court will proceed but may be suspended on short notice.

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