Md. Admin. Order of 2015-11-19 (Implementation of a Veterans Treatment Court in ...)

IN THE MATTER OF THE * IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF A *

VETERANS TREAMENT COURT * COURT OF APPEALS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR *

BALTIMORE CITY * OF MARYLAND

ORDER

WHEREAS, The District Administrative Judge for the District Court for Baltimore City

submitted a detailed plan for the establishment of a Veterans Treatment Court Program to the

Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Specialty Courts and Dockets, for its review and

recommendation, in compliance with Maryland Rule 16-206, and the Chief Judge’s

Administrative Order on Approval of Problem-Solving Court Programs in the Circuit and

District Courts; and

WHEREAS, Upon the recommendation of the Judicial Conference Standing Committee

on Specialty Courts and Dockets, the State Court Administrator reviewed the plan and

recommended its establishment to the Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, It is this 19th day of November, 2015, ORDERED, by the Court of

Appeals of Maryland, pursuant to the authority conferred by Article IV, §18 of the Maryland

Constitution and Maryland Rule 16-206, that the establishment of a Veterans Treatment Court

Program in the District Court for Baltimore City be, and hereby is, approved.

/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera____________

Honorable Mary Ellen Barbera

/s/ Lynne A. Battaglia_____________

Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia

/s/ Clayton Greene, Jr._____________

Honorable Clayton Greene, Jr.

/s/ Sally D. Adkins_______________

Honorable Sally D. Adkins

/s/ Robert N. McDonald___________

Honorable Robert N. McDonald

/s/ Shirley M. Watts______________

Honorable Shirley M. Watts

IN THE MATTER OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A VETERANS TREATMENT COURT

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY

Filed: November 19, 2015

/s/ Bessie M. Decker______________

Bessie M. Decker

Clerk, Court of Appeals of Maryland