Remote access to U.S. civil and bankruptcy court hearings will end in September, the federal judiciary said on Wednesday, declaring that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer affecting how the federal courts function.
A separate judicial committee on court administration has been using data collected during the pandemic to study whether to allow broadcasts of civil and bankruptcy proceedings. The judiciary said that committee might share its findings at the Judicial Conference’s next meeting on Sept. 12.
The policy changes do not apply to the thousands of state and local courts in the United States, many of which allow cameras in their courtrooms.
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U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman of the Federal Circuit sued the court’s Chief Judge Kimberly Moore and others in Washington federal court, seeking to block their investigation into her fitness to hold office.
Newman, 95, in her complaint denied that there were legitimate concerns about her mental and physical capacity, after an order by Moore made public last month said a three-judge committee found that Newman may “suffer a disability” that makes her unfit for office, and that she had refused a medical evaluation.
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