General Order 2023-2: EXTENSION OF CARES ACT FINDINGS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
This General Order extends the authority in GO 2020-4, as subsequently extended in GO 2020-12, GO 2020-17, GO 2020-22, GO 2021-4, GO 2021-7, GO 2021-11, GO 2021-12, GO 2022-2, GO 2022-6, 2022-8, and 2022-9 that provides for video and/or telephonic conferencing of certain criminal proceedings under § 15002 of the Corona Virus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) for an additional 90-day period. The full text of General Order 2023-2 is available HERE.
General Order 2023-1: Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This General Order guides Court operations effective January 5, 2023 and supersedes General Order 2022-4. While entrants to any courthouse or U.S. Probation Office in the District of Colorado shall not be required to wear masks, judicial officers, at their discretion, may institute rules requiring mask wearing in their courtrooms. Therefore, all entrants to any courthouse or U.S. Probation Office are advised to have a mask on their person. This order also updates courthouse entry requirements. The full text of General Order 2023-1 is available HERE.
Jury Trial Protocols - Revised March 8, 2022
Effective March 8, 2022 the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has adopted the following revised protocols for conducting jury and bench trials in the Arraj and Rogers Courthouses in Denver following the February 24, 2022 recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC") regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The revised protocols are available here.
Case No. 20-mc-00064-PAB IN RE MATTER OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AND CIVIL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS
An order extending certain statutory deadlines for notice of administrative asset forfeitures and actions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The full order is available HERE.
General Order 2020-7: COMPASSIONATE RELEASE UNDER SECTION 603(b) OF THE FIRST STEP ACT OF 2018
Pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3006A(a)(1) and (c), the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Colorado is hereby appointed to represent any defendant convicted in this District, who was previously determined to have been entitled to appointment of counsel or who is now indigent, to decide whether the defendant is eligible to petition the Court for compassionate release under Section 603(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3582(c) and (d), and, where appropriate, to file a motion for compassionate release. GO 2020-7 is available HERE.
General Order 2020-4: CARES ACT FINDINGS REGARDING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Provides for video and/or telephonic conferencing of certain criminal proceedings under § 15002 of the Corona Virus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). GO 2020-4 is available HERE.