Md. Admin. Order of 2018-12-20 (Implementation of a Drug Court in the ...)

IN THE MATTER OF THE * IN THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF A *

DRUG COURT IN THE CIRCUIT * COURT OF APPEALS

COURT FOR HARFORD COUNTY *

* OF MARYLAND

ORDER

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

submitted a detailed plan for the establishment of a Drug 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 20th day of December

2018, effective immediately, that the establishment of a Drug Court in the Circuit Court

for Harford 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: December 20, 2018

/s/ Suzanne C. Johnson

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Suzanne C. Johnson

Clerk, Court of Appeals of Maryland