{"id":709,"date":"2021-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/?p=709"},"modified":"2022-06-13T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T14:47:33","slug":"restricting-court-access-to-the-national-courts-building-through-august-31-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/restricting-court-access-to-the-national-courts-building-through-august-31-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Through August 31, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Court of Federal Claims have entered a new joint order revising the restrictions and rules concerning access to the National Courts Building complex in Washington, D.C., effective July 31, 2021.\u00a0 Courthouse access will continue to be limited to court staff and litigants, witnesses, and any other parties who will be physically present in the courthouse because of their participation in a scheduled hearing that day.\u00a0 Additional requests for access will still be handled on a case-by-case basis when submitted in writing at least 24 hours ahead of time.\u00a0 The full administrative order is available on the court’s\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Announcements\/COVID-19Info\/AdministrativeOrder-RestrictingAccess-07302021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website (pdf)<\/a>\u00a0and modifies the court’s prior\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Announcements\/COVID-19Info\/AdministrativeOrder-RestrictingAccess-05222021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">May 22, 2021 order (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Requests for access relating to Federal Circuit business or spaces within the National Courts Building may be submitted in writing to the Circuit Executive’s Office at <a href=\"mailto:FSO_helpdesk@cafc.uscourts.gov\">FSO_helpdesk@cafc.uscourts.gov<\/a>.  These restrictions will remain in effect through August 31, 2021, unless modified sooner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To review ongoing updates and information about the Federal Circuit’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, please go to the court’s <a href=\"\/home\/the-court\/notices-announcements\/covid-19-information-page\/\">COVID-19 information page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Court of Federal Claims have entered a new joint order revising the restrictions and rules concerning access to the National Courts Building complex in Washington, D.C., effective July 31, 2021.\u00a0 Courthouse access will continue to be limited to court staff and [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,46],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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