Md. Admin. Order of 2018-08-23 (Implementation of a Problem-Solving Court in the ...)

IN THE MATTER OF THE * IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROBLEM- *

SOLVING COURT IN THE CIRCUIT * COURT OF APPEALS

COURT FOR SOMERSET COUNTY *

* OF MARYLAND

ORDER

WHEREAS, the Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for Somerset County

submitted a detailed plan for the establishment of a Problem-Solving 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 23rd day of August

2018, effective immediately, that the establishment of a Problem-Solving Court in the

Circuit Court in Somerset County be, and hereby is, approved.

/s/ Mary Ellen Barbera

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Honorable Mary Ellen Barbera

Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland

Filed: August 23, 2018

/s/ Bessie M. Decker

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Bessie M. Decker

Clerk, Court of Appeals of Maryland