Operating Status

Current Status

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Please be advised that the D.C. Courts will be OPEN ON AN EMERGENCY SCHEDULE on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 due to the continuing effects of our recent inclement weather. A full description of our operating status for Tuesday, 01/27/2026 is as follows:

LEVEL 3: OPEN ON EMERGENCY SCHEDULE:
Court of Appeals: All oral arguments will be conducted remotely and will start at 9:30am.

Superior Court: All remote hearings will proceed at their originally scheduled time. All hybrid hearings with the Office of the Auditor Master will be converted to remote only hearings. Adult Arraignment Court (C- 10) will operate in person. Preliminary and Preventive Detention hearing courtrooms (119 and 120) will operate as follows: parties, witnesses, and attorneys for detained cases shall appear in person. Parties, witnesses, and attorneys for non-detained cases may appear remotely or in person. Courtroom JM-15 (Juvenile New Referral including Neglect Initial Hearings), and Courtroom 116 (Domestic Violence Temporary Emergency Orders) will operate remotely. For domestic violence misdemeanor matters and civil trials, court participants should report to Court the next business day. A Civil Protection Order, Anti-Stalking Order and Extreme Risk Protection Order will be extended to the next business day. All Civil Division trials and in-person evidentiary hearings, including those in Landlord and Tenant and Small Claims, will proceed at the same time on the next business day the court is open for in person hearings. All other hearings are canceled, and court participants will receive notice of their court date. Jurors – who are serving on a jury trial or grand jury panel should report on the next business day, unless otherwise notified. Jurors - who are reporting for their first day of jury service need not report. All employees that are required to report onsite for Court hearings must report 30 minutes before courtroom operations start.

All employees not required to report onsite for court operations, are required to telework from their Flexplace worksites even if it is not their normal Flexplace work day, and commence work at the beginning of their tours of duty, and should not report onsite.