ALMD Requires Masks for Courthouse Entry

MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR COURTHOUSE ENTRY. For continuing information regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, please review the recent orders of the Court regarding this national health emergency.

Pursuant to the General Order entered today, all persons over the age of two years, whether vaccinated or not, shall wear a mask or face covering while in public or common spaces inside the Courthouse, unless having received specific exception by a Court official, or unless being instructed to remove a mask by an Officer with the United States Marshals Service, the Federal Protective Service, or Court Security, sa further set out in the order posted below.

General Order 3910-16 IN RE  Use of Face Coverings or Masks in Courthouses Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered July 28, 2021.

General Order 3910-15 IN RE: Criminal Procedures by Video or Audio Conference. Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-EECM, entered June 9, 2021.

General Order 3910-14 IN RE: Use of Face Coverings or Masks in Courthouses Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered May 25, 2021.

General Order 3910-13 IN RE: Restrictions on Visitors to the Court, Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered May 25, 2021.

General Order 3910-12 IN RE: Restrictions on Visitors to the Court. Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered April 16, 2021.

General Order 3910-11 IN RE: Criminal Procedures By Video or Audio Conference. Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered March 12, 2021. 

General Order 3910-10 IN RE: Criminal Procedures By Video or Audio Conference. Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered December 14, 2020.

General Order 3910-09 IN RE: Criminal Procedures By Video or Audio Conference. Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered September 18, 2020.

General Order 3910-08 IN RE: Criminal Procedures By Video Or Audio Conference. Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered June 23, 2020.  

General Order 3910-07 IN RE: Use of Face Masks in Courthouses. Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered June 16, 2020.

General Order 3910-05 IN RE: Public Access to Video or Teleconference Hearings. Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered April 5, 2020.

All media members who wish to request access to the hearings that proceed via video teleconferencing must apply via this media registration link. All general members of the public who wish to request telephone access to these hearings that proceed via video teleconferencing must apply via this general public registration link. The applicable public access hearings are located on the Broadcast Hearings page.

All participants are reminded of the prohibitions regarding photographing, recording and/or broadcasting of court proceedings. Participants who violate Local Rule 83.4 may face sanctions including contempt of court, removal of court-issued media credentials where applicable, restricted entry to future proceedings, denial of entry to future proceedings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the presiding judicial officer.

General Order 3910-04 IN RE: Criminal Proceedings by Video or Audio Conference, Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered March 30, 2020.

General Order 3910-03 IN RE: Restrictions on Visitors to the Court and Temporary Suspension of Paper Filing Requirements, Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered March 18, 2020.

General Order 3910-02 IN RE: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus, Civil Misc. No 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered March 17, 2020.

General Order 3910-01 IN RE: Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouse, Civil Misc. No. 2:20-mc-03910-ECM, entered March 11, 2020.

Sample Forms

Below are sample forms that can be used as waivers to conduct video teleconferencing of initial appearances, arraignments, and detention hearings.