The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has adopted the following standing orders. All standing orders since 2000, including now-repealed standing orders, are available through the CM/ECF system under case file 1:00mc308.

• Bankruptcy
• Bar Membership
• COVID19- Pandemic Response
• Criminal
• Electronic Case Filing
• Electronic Devices
• First Step Act
• General Filing Information
• Jury
• Local Rule Amendments
• Pilot Projects
• Prisoner Litigation
• Registry Funds
• Social Security Cases
• Transcripts

Bankruptcy

• Order 2016-01: Certification of Direct Appeal to the Court of Appeals
• Order 2012-05: Title 11 Proceedings

Bar Membership

• Order 2016-04: Bar Membership Reactivation
• Order 2013-04: Bar Membership Categories
• Order 2010-03: Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice

COVID19-Pandemic Response

• Order 2021-16: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19
• Order 2021-15: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19
• Amended Order 2021-07: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19
• Order 2020-05: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19
• Order 2020-04: COVID-19 Pandemic Procedures
• Second Amended Order 2020-02: Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses

For additional orders regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic, please click here.

Criminal

• Order 2020-01: Discovery in Criminal Cases
• Amended Order 2019-06: Inmate/Defendant Transcript Requests
• Order 2015-04: Sealing of Bench Conferences
• Order 2015-02: Presentence Reports
• Order 2012-10: Disclosure of Sealed Documents in Criminal Cases
• Order 2010-02: Docketing of Search Warrants and Related Documents
• Order 2004-01: Juvenile Records
• Order 2003-05: Reporting Requirement under the PROTECT Act
• Order 2002-03: Federal Detainees
• Order 2000-02: Sealing of Presentence Reports

Electronic Case Filing

• Order 2018-05: Consent to Receive Electronic Notice
• Order 2008-01: Procedural Rules for Electronic Case Filing
• Order 2003-08: Electronic Filing

Electronic Devices

• Order 2016-05: Electronic Devices in the Courthouse

First Step Act

• Order 2019-04: Section 603, First Step Act of 2018
• Order 2019-03: First Step Act of 2018 and BOP Records
• Order 2019-01: First Step Act of 2018

General Filing Information

• Order 2018-08: Service of Rule 68 Offers of Judgment
• Order 2018-07: Amicus Briefs
• Order 2007-01: Delegation of Authority to Clerk to Refund

Jury

• Order 2009-03: Supplemental Juror Attendance Fees

Local Rule Amendments

• Order 2018-06: Amendments to Local Rules
• Order 2016-02: Amendments to Local Rules
• Order 2014-03: Amendments to Local Rules
• Order 2011-04: Local Rule 304 - Collateral Schedule

Pilot Projects

• Order 2019-07: Pilot Project for Direct Assignment of Civil Cases to Magistrate Judges
• Order 2011-03: Pilot Program for Patent Cases

Prisoner Litigation

• Amended Order 2019-06: Inmate/Defendant Transcript Requests
• Order 2019-05: Rehaif v. United States, 588 U.S. ___, No. 17-9560 (2019)
• Order 2019-04: Section 603, First Step Act of 2018
• Order 2019-03: First Step Act of 2018 and BOP Records
• Order 2019-01: First Step Act of 2018
• Order 2018-03: 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motions in light of Sessions v. Dimaya and United States v. McCollum
• Order 2016-03: 28 U.S.C. 2255 Motions for Vacatur of Convictions Under Johnson v. United States
• Order 2015-06: 28 U.S.C. §§ 2255 and 2241 Motions for Career Offender Sentencing Reductions and Vacatur of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) Conviction
• Order 2015-05: Motions for Armed Career Criminal or Career Offender Sentencing Reductions Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
• Order 2015-01: Motions for Career Offender Sentencing Reductions Under 28 U.S.C. 2255
• Order 2014-04: Motions for Sentencing Relief Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)
• Order 2014-02: Petition for Clemency Applications
• Order 2013-02: Proposed Orders in Prisoner Cases
• Order 2012-01: State Prisoner Litigation

Registry Funds

• Order 2017-01: Deposit and Investment of Registry Funds
• Order 2013-05: Registry Disbursements
• Order 2013-01: Deposit and Investment of Registry Funds

Social Security Cases

• Order 2019-02: Social Security Cases
• Order 2017-02: Social Security Cases
• Order 2014-01: Referral of Social Security Administrative Appeals
• Order 2006-01: Appeals of the Denial of Social Security Benefits

Transcripts

• Order 2019-06: Inmate/Defendant Transcript Requests
• Order 2018-02: Transcript Fees