Case Title: In Re: J.B., L.H., L.S., R.P., etc.

Citation: 

Docket Number: 19m/19

State: maryland

Court: Maryland Supreme Court

Date: 2020-04-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
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IN THE
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COURT OF APPEALS
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OF MARYLAND
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Misc. No. 19
IN RE: J.B., L.H., L.S., R.P. AND ON 
BEHALF OF ALL SIMILARLY 
SITUATED INDIVIDUALS   
v. 
THE HONORABLE W. TIMOTHY 
FINAN, et al. 
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September Term, 2019
CORRECTED ORDER 
WHEREAS, on April 3, 2020, Petitioners filed an Application for Immediate and 
Extraordinary Relief (“Application”); and 
WHEREAS, on April 4, 2020, the Court issued an order requiring Respondents to 
answer the Application and invited the Maryland State’s Attorneys Association and certain 
State agencies to file amicus briefs concerning the Application; and 
WHEREAS, the Court granted requests from other interested parties to submit 
amicus briefs supporting or opposing the Application; and 
WHEREAS, the parties and amici have filed memoranda on a very short timetable 
that provide useful factual information and helpful legal analyses pertinent to the 
Application, which the Court has considered; and 
WHEREAS, the Court is cognizant that the Chief Judge will issue shortly an 
administrative order pursuant to the Maryland Constitution, Article IV, §18, and Maryland 
Rules 16-105(b) and 16-1001 et seq., which will provide direction and guidance to the 
Administrative Judges of the respective judicial circuits in connection with important 
health concerns affecting juveniles committed or detained in facilities in Maryland during 
the COVID-19 virus pandemic; it is this 10th day of April, 2020 
 
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals, that the Application be and is hereby 
DENIED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Robert N. McDonald 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Shirley M. Watts 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Michele D. Hotten 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/Joseph M. Getty 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Brynja M. Booth 
 
 
/s/ Jonathan Biran 
 
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act  
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document 
is authentic.
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk  
Suzanne Johnson
2020-04-10 16:11-04:00