Md. Admin. Order of 2018-01-19 (Implementation of a Regional Veterans Treatment Court ...)

IN THE MATTER OF THE * IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF A REGIONAL *

VETERANS TREATMENT COURT * COURT OF APPEALS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN *

DORCHESTER COUNTY * OF MARYLAND

ORDER

WHEREAS, the Administrative Judge of the District Court in Dorchester County

submitted a detailed plan for the establishment of a Veterans Court to the Judicial Council’s

Committee on Specialty Courts and Dockets for its review and recommendation in

compliance with Maryland Rule 16-207 and the Administrative Order on the Approval of

Problem-Solving Court Programs in the Circuit and District Courts; and

WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the Judicial Council’s Committee on

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

recommends its establishment to the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals,

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mary Ellen Barbera, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals

and administrative head of the Judicial Branch, pursuant to the authority conferred by

Article IV, § 18 of the Maryland Constitution, do hereby order this 19th day of January,

2018, effective immediately, that the establishment of a Regional Veterans Treatment

Court in the District Court in Dorchester County be, and hereby is, approved.

/s/Mary Ellen Barbera

Honorable Mary Ellen Barbera

Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland

Filed: January 19, 2018

/s/Bessie M. Decker

Bessie M. Decker

Clerk, Court of Appeals of Maryland