Please click here to view the Notice of Vacancy from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland.

Please click here to view the Notice of Vacancy from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland.

Pursuant to U.S. District Court Standing Order 2026-04, effective November 2, 2026, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland will implement a new policy regarding portable electronic devices. The policy prohibits visitors to the federal courthouses in Baltimore and Greenbelt from bringing portable electronic devices into the courthouses.   Portable electronic devices include laptop computers, cellular phones (including smart phones), electronic tablets, cameras, smart watches, smart glasses, and any other instruments capable of photography, video recording, audio recording, or wireless communications (including earpieces and fitness trackers). 

Persons excepted from this policy may possess portable electronic devices inside the courthouses, provided they present credentials necessary to confirm their status to court security personnel upon request.  Excepted individuals include:

• Members of the Bar of the District of Maryland, pro hac vice attorneys, and counsel of record in scheduled proceedings, who must present an electronic bar membership credential to court security personnel upon entry to the courthouse.  Attorneys authorized to practice will receive an email from the U.S. District Court with instructions on obtaining their electronic bar credential.[i]  Please activate your electronic bar credential promptly upon receipt of this email.

   

• Employees and contractors of the United States Courts, federal, state, and local law enforcement officers, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Office, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Public Defender’s Office, the U.S. Trustee’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the General Services Administration, who must present a photo identification card, personal identity verification (PIV) card, or electronic credential to court security personnel upon request. 

   

• Excepted individuals other than those listed above, including pro se litigants appearing for a scheduled proceeding, individuals with a special need, accompanying members of an attorney’s staff, and members of the media, may request prior permission to bring an electronic device into the courthouse through the Electronic Device Request form available here on the Bankruptcy Court’s website.

All individuals who qualify for an exception and have not obtained prior permission may request an Electronic Device Pass from the Clerk’s Office. Any portable electronic devices not permitted to be brought into the courthouses will be securely stored in lock boxes located in the lobby until the owner retrieves the devices upon departure from the courthouse. 

Use of portable electronic devices is strictly limited to approved purposes as provided for in Standing Order 2026-04.  For further information and a complete list of exceptions, please review the Standing Order. 

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland is pleased to announce that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has appointed Lisa Yonka Stevens and Stephen A. Metz as the next U.S. Bankruptcy Judges for the District of Maryland, each subject to a successful background investigation.

Please click here to view the Notice of Vacancy from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland.