The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York continues to monitor the most current information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as all the Administrative Office of the U. S. Courts (AO), regarding the COVID-19 virus (coronavirus). The court is following recommended guidance in order to protect the public health. In accordance with this guidance, court operations have been adjusted in several areas and access to the courthouses restricted.
Details about current court operations and access may be found in the materials below.
Notices from the Court
- Court Operations, Monday, April 13, 2020
- Cancellation of Non-Case Related Events
- Suspension of Attorney Service Passes
- Court Reporter Tele/Videoconferencing Best Practices
- Temporary Suspension of In-Person Emergency Applications
- Temporary Acceptance of Pro Se Filings by Email
- FAQs: Self-Representation During the Pandemic.
- Skype for Business Instruction Guide for Attorneys
- Attorney-Inmate Telephone Procedure
Forms
Standing Orders
- COVID-19 Protocols
- Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses (20 misc 138)
- Waiver of National Policy Requirement for Officer Related Activities in Certain GPS Cases (20 MISC 183)
- Temporary Provision for Pro Se Litigants to File by Email (20 MISC 179)
- Pandemic Bail Report Dissemination and Confidentiality
- Video Teleconferencing
and Telephone Conferencing for Criminal Proceedings - Suspension of Jury Trials as a result of COVID-19 and the Limitation of Court Operations (20 MISC 197)
- Extension of Time under the Speedy Trial Act (20 MISC 196)
- Interim CJA Voucher Authorization
- Suspension of Local Rule 6 (20 MISC 173)
- Courthouse Entry Procedures, March 24, 2020
- Requiring Body-Temperature Screening of Persons Serving a Term of Probation or Supervised Release Who Report to a Courthouse (20 MISC 161)
- Entry into Courthouses (20 MISC 155)
- Body Screening of Persons Reporting for Supervision (20 MISC 161)
- Continuance of Jury Trials and Exclusion of Time Under Speedy Trial Act (20 MISC 154a)
- Service of Process Suspension (20 MISC 153)
- Detainee Screening Procedures (20 MISC 137)
- Suspension of Attorney Admission Ceremonies (20 MISC 149)
- Central Violations Bureau
- Signatures and the Forms of Consents and Waivers in Criminal Cases