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Superior Court Extends Rules Emergency Through August 16

May 19, 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 22-05 on May 18, 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 August 16, 2022, unless terminated early.

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