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Overview of Recent Responses to COVID-19

by the Judicial Conference of the United

States, Administrative Office of the U.S.

Courts, and Select Courts Within the Federal

Judiciary



Updated June 11, 2020
This CRS Insight provides information related to recent responses to Cororiavirus discase 2019, or
COVID- 19, by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
(AO), and select courts within the federal judiciary. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive
overview of the policies and practices adopted by each federal court or judicial entity. Additionally, the
information provided in this Insight may be superseded by new information from that which is described
below.
A previous Insight provides information about how COVID- 19 has impacted federal jury trials (available
here). Another Insight provides information about the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic SecurityAct (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136) that address COVID-19 and the federal courts
(available here).

Judicial Conference of the United States

In March 2020, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the national policymaking body for the
federal courts, issued guidance that provides the media and public teleconference access to federal civil
court proceedings. Following enactment of the CARES Act on March 27, the conference issued additional
guidance that provides for media and public access to certain electronic criminal proceedings. Along these
lines, some courts are providing call-in and video conferencing links from their websites and others are
asking that the media and other third parties call the clerk of court's office forthe information.
OnApril 2K 2020, the Judicial Conference requested $36.6 million in supplemental funding from
Congress to address emergent needs such as enhanced cleaning of court facilities, health screening at
courthouse entrances, [and] information technology hardware and infrastructure costs associated with
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