Indictment — U.S. v. Maurice Fayne (Dkt. 26, N.D. Ga. No. 1:20-cr-00228, GAND 278523)

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · No. 1:20-cr-00228-MHC-JKL · Doc. 26 · 2020-07-13 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA 
FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE 
U.S.D.C. -Atlanta 
JUL 1 0 2020 
JAM'r, N. ~ TTEN, Clerk 
By: y, Yn71t-Oeputy Clerk 
IN RE: COURT OPERA TIO NS UNDER 
THE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES 
CREATED BY COVID-19 AND RELATED 
CORONA VIRUS 
GENERAL ORDER 20-01 
Fifth Amendment 
ORDER 
General Order 20-01, dated March 16, 2020, and amended by orders dated March 
30, 2020; April 30, 2020; May 26, 2020; and July 1, 2020, addresses Court operations for 
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia under the exigent 
circumstances created by the spread of COVID-19. The Fourth Amendment to General 
Order 20-01, entered July 1, 2020, extended the time periods specified in the Order through 
and including July 31, 2020. 
Data from the Georgia Department of Public Health reflects that the average number 
of new COVID-19 cases per day in the State of Georgia has increased and remains higher 
than it was on March 16, 2020, when the Court originally entered General Order 20-01. 
The total number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Georgia continues to rise, and no 
vaccine or cure is available to the general public. There has been no change to the 
President's declaration of a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.) due to COVID-19 or to the findings of the Judicial Conference of 
the United States that emergency conditions due to this national emergency have materially 
affected and will materially affect the functioning of the federal courts generally. 
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As the adverse conditions giving rise to General Order 20-01 have not sufficiently 
resolved for the Court to return to normal operations, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 
General Order 20-01, as amended, is further amended to extend the time periods specified 
therein through and including the date of August 30, 2020. 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that while there will be no civil or criminal jury 
trials in any division of the Northern District of Georgia until after August 30, 2020, grand 
jury proceedings may continue to be held, and summonses may be issued to prospective 
jurors for proceedings scheduled to begin after August 30, 2020. 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the time period of any continuance entered as 
a result of this Order (whether that continuance causes a pre-indictment delay or a pre-trial 
delay) shall be excluded under the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 316l(h)(7)(A), as the 
Court finds that the ends of justice served by taking that action outweigh the interests of 
the parties and the public in a speedy trial. Absent further order of the Court or any 
individual judge, the period of exclusion shall be from March 23, 2020, through and 
including August 30, 2020. The Court may extend the period of exclusion as circumstances 
may warrant. This Order and period of exclusion are incorporated by reference as a specific 
finding under 18 U.S.C. § 316l(h)(7)(A) in the record of each pending case where the 
Speedy Trial Act applies. See Zedner v. United States, 547 U.S. 489, 506-07 (2006). The 
periods of exclusion in the Court's prior orders on this subject, General Order 20-01 and 
its subsequent amendments, are likewise incorporated by reference as a specific finding 
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under 18 U.S.C. § 316l(h)(7)(A) in the record of each pending case where the Speedy Trial 
Act applies. 
SO ORDERED this _lQ__ day of July 2020. 
THOMAS W. THRASH, JR. 
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
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