By R. Robin McDonald | July 6, 2020
Chief Justice Harold Melton said that, while judges across the state are largely managing courthouse functions in line with state public health and CDC guidelines, he has been made aware of multiple incidents where practices "have been less than what is necessary to protect the safety of all."
By R. Robin McDonald | July 6, 2020
The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia said he will issue a fourth order this week extending the statewide judicial emergency and requiring the state's judges to adhere to COVID safety guidelines put in place by the state health department and the CDC.
By Mike Scarcella | July 6, 2020
"The district judge did not consider or try the lesser alternative of permitting the parties and their counsel to select their own corporate representatives," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said.
By Samantha Darnell, Kim Daily and Ron Zdrojeski | July 6, 2020
The intriguing question is not whether the problems will be solved—they undoubtedly will, as they always have—but to what extent the solutions become the new status quo.
By Ryan Tarinelli | July 6, 2020
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said temperature screenings were "strongly recommended" by their epidemiologist and many stakeholders.
By Jonathan Ringel | July 6, 2020
While Judge Michael Brown in Atlanta has cut his backlog to zero, other judges are still wrestling with long-pending motions. In the Eastern District of California, Judge Troy Nunley's six-month motions fell from 133 to 109 amid what the court's judges have described as a "caseload crisis."
By Jonathan Ringel | July 6, 2020
While Judge Michael Brown in Atlanta has cut his backlog to zero, other judges are still wrestling with long-pending motions. Comments from judges and clerks suggest staffing problems—and two Category 5 hurricanes that hit the Virgin Islands—contribute to the problem.
By Jonathan Ringel | July 6, 2020
While Judge Michael Brown in Atlanta who had led the federal courts in the number of motions pending for longer than six months has cut his backlog to zero, other judges are still wrestling with long-pending motions.
By Ryan Tarinelli | July 2, 2020
During a conference in 2017 on a separate case, Gerber remarked that a defendant's daughter "was 'dressing for attention,' by which he meant 'for men to look at her,'" the commission reported.
By Angela Morris | July 2, 2020
An open records request showed that so far, Tarrant County has spent a total of $243,695 on the masks, gloves, wipes, thermometers and more that it needed to reopen its courthouses.
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