`IN AND FOR
`THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`IN RE:
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`GENERAL ORDER
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`TARGETED VISITOR RESTRICTIONS
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`NO. 20-04
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`ORDER
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`In response to Centers for Disease Control advisements to take precautions
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`regarding the COVID-19 virus (coronavirus) outbreak by limiting exposure to the
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`virus, while also being mindful that the court facilities within the United States
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`District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) are public buildings in which
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`the public is welcomed, EDTX will enforce the following targeted visitor restrictions
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`effectively immediately and through May 1, 2020.
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`IT IS ORDERED, effective immediately, that the following persons shall not
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`enter any United States Courthouse or Bankruptcy Court within EDTX:
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`(cid:120) Persons who have traveled to any of the following countries within the
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`preceding 14 days: People’s Republic of China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, or
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`Western Europe.
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`(cid:120) Persons who reside or have had close contact with someone who has traveled
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`to one of the countries listed above within the preceding 14 days.
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`(cid:120) Persons who a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, hospital or public health
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`agency has directed to self-quarantine, during such period of self-
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`quarantining.
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`(cid:120) Persons who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and who have not obtained
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`express medical verification as now being non-communicative/non-
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`contagious from a medical doctor, doctor of osteopathy, hospital or public
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`health agency.
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`(cid:120) Persons who present for entry to any such court facility and exhibit fever,
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`cough or shortness of breath.
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`IT IS ORDERED that all Court Security Officers acting within EDTX
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`(CSOs), following substantive guidance from this Order and administrative
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`guidance from the United States Marshal for EDTX, shall deny entry to anyone
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`attempting to enter any such court facility in violation of these protocols. In the
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`event of any uncertainty as to a person’s ability to gain entrance to a court facility
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`hereunder, the CSOs shall immediately contact the U. S. Marshal for EDTX or his
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`designated Deputy Marshal for a determination, which shall control.
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`If you are scheduled or required to appear in district court, magistrate court or
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`bankruptcy court during the period of this order and you are unable to gain entry
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`because of these targeted visitor restrictions, you should proceed as follows:
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`(cid:120) If you are represented by an attorney, please contact your attorney.
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`(cid:120) If you are an attorney scheduled to appear in court before a judge, please
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`contact the respective Chambers directly by telephone. Telephone contact
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`information
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`for
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`the
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`District
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`Court
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`is
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`available
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`at:
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`http://www.txed.uscourts.gov/. Telephone contact information for the
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`Bankruptcy Court is available at: https://www.txeb.uscourts.gov/.
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`(cid:120) If you are scheduled to meet with a probation or pretrial services officer,
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`please contact the Probation and Pretrial Services Office directly for guidance
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`and instructions.
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`(cid:120) For any other District Court matters, please contact the EDTX Clerk of Court
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`at (903) 590.1111 in Tyler, Texas or the Deputy Clerk in Charge within the
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`applicable division.
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`(cid:120) For any other Bankruptcy Court matters, please contact the Clerk of Court at
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`(903) 590.3200.
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`IT IS ORDERED that, unless extended by subsequent order, these
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`restrictions shall remain in place until May 1, 2020, when they shall automatically
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`expire. The U. S. Marshal for EDTX shall promptly secure the prominent posting
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`of this order at the main entrance to all court facilities within EDTX.
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`(cid:39)(cid:48)(cid:51)(cid:1)(cid:53)(cid:41)(cid:38)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:48)(cid:54)(cid:51)(cid:53)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:15)
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`____________________________________________________________________________
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`RODNEY GILSTRAPDNEY GILSSSSTTTTRAP
`(cid:38)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:88)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:72)
`(cid:73) (cid:45) (cid:71)
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