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`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`WACO DIVISION
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`F I L E D
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`IN RE:
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`CORONA VIRUS I COVlD-19 PANDEMIC
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`FOURTH STANDING ORDER RELATING TO ENTRY INTO
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`THE UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE WACO TEXAS
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`In order to protect public health, and in recognition of the national emergency that was
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`declared by the President of the United States on March 13, 2020, the United States District Court for
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`the Western District of Texas, Waco Division, hereby issues the following order modifying and
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`extending the court's June 24, 2020 Order regarding Entry into the US. District Courthouse:
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`IT IS ORDERED that the United States Courthouse, 800 Franklin Avenue, Waco, Texas, will
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`remain open for business, but access to the building will be restricted. Court Security will only permit
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`access to the following persons:
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`Persons who have been ordered to appear by any judge of the Western District of
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`Texas, Waco Division;
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`Persons who have been directed to appear by the US. Probation Office or by the US.
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`Pretrial Services Office;
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`Persons who have court business with the Office of the District Clerk (to tile pleadings,
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`make payments, etc). Such persons will be allowed access only for this limited
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`purpose;
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`Persons who have court business with the Office of the Bankruptcy Clerk (to file
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`pleadings. make payments, etc). Such persons will be allowed access only for this
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`limited purpose;
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`Persons attending Section 341 First Meeting of Creditors conducted by the United
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`States Trustee's Office;
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`Government employees who work in the courthouse and are authorized to appear by
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`their employer;
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`Contractors who are authorized to appear;
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`United States Postal Service mail carriers. private mail carriers and private delivery
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`services;
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`. Law enforcement personnel;
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`0 Credentialed courthouse press;
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`. Victims who are attending scheduled proceedings;
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`immediate family members of a defendant who is appearing for sentencing in a criminal
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`proceeding, but limited to no more than 15 family members per defendant; and
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`- Persons designated by the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Fifth Circuit, or the Chief Judge of the Western District of Texas.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that for all criminal proceedings other than sentencings, no
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`immediate family members of a defendant will be allowed access to the courthouse or
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`courtroom.
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`Persons otherwise authorized to enter must pass the screening protocol that can be
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`found in the “Supplemental Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent
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`Circumstances Created by the COVID-‘IQ Pandemic”fi1ed October ‘14, 2020 by Orlando L.
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`Garcia, Chief Judge ofthe Western District of Texas The order may be found at
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`httpsflwwwtxwd.uscourtsgov No one will be permitted to enter in violation of that protocol.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no one will be permitted to enter the courthouse without
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`wearing a mask found to be adequate by Court Security
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any person seeking entry into the courthouse shall have
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`their temperature checked using a contacttess thermometer kiosk. A person with a
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`temperature of 100.4 degrees or higher will not be permitted to enter the courthouse.
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`IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that this Order shall be effective immediately and through
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`November 30, 2020, unless modified or extended by further order of the court.
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`SIGNED this 4 2
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`day of October, 2020.
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`OZLEQij/Ur
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
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`United States District Judge
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