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ADOPTED May 4, 2020

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO STANDING ORDER 20-01

Standing Order 20-01, as adopted by the court effective March 23, 2020, 

suspended the oral argument requirement for published opinions in cases scheduled for 

oral argument during the court’s March 17-20, 2020, and April 7, 2020, sessions. 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the court has now amended Standing Order 20-01 to 

suspend the oral argument requirement for published opinions in cases tentatively 

calendared for May 5-8, 2020. 

Although the pressures of the public health crisis preventing in-person argument in 

March, April, and May 2020 have occasioned a temporary change in the court’s practices, 

the court is nonetheless affording these cases equal jurisprudential rigor and attention.

The court having determined there to be an immediate need for this amendment, 

the amendment will take effect immediately. Interested parties may submit comments on 

Standing Order 20-01 or before May 4, 2020, to:

Patricia S. Connor, Clerk

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

1100 E. Main Street, Suite 501

Richmond, Virginia 23219

or via email to:

rulecomments@ca4.uscourts.gov

April 7, 2020 s/Patricia S. Connor 

Date Clerk

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Temporary Suspension of * 

Argument Requirement for * Standing Order 20-01 

Published Opinions * 

O R D E R

Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(a) sets forth the court’s standards for publication of opinions 

and further provides that the court will publish opinions “only in cases that have been fully briefed 

and presented at oral argument.” 

To enable the court to continue to issue opinions in accordance with its publication 

standards and in response to the need for social distancing to contain the novel coronavirus, the 

court temporarily suspends its oral argument requirement for published opinions. 

Accordingly, cases calendared for oral argument in March or April 2020, or tentatively 

calendared for oral argument in May 2020, but not presented at oral argument may be decided by 

published opinion with the unanimous consent of the panel. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

FOR THE COURT: 

_____________________ 

Roger L. Gregory

 Chief Judge 

Dated: March 23, 2020

Amended: April 7, 2020

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