- you would like to file to have your case expunged before the case is scheduled to be automatically expunged. A case will be automatically expunged in three (3) years if the case was closed with a final disposition of acquittal, not guilty, dismissal, or nolle prosequi.
You may ask for the court to change your in person hearing to a remote hearing. Request a remote hearing by completing and submitting a Motion For Remote Proceeding or to Appear Remotely (form CC-DC-110). You may download the form from this page. The form can also be completed using a Guide and File Interview.
A shield law is a law that gives reporters protection against being forced to disclose confidential information or sources in state court. There is no federal shield law and state shield laws vary in scope.
Within 10 days after recommendations are placed on the record or served pursuant to Maryland Rule 9-208(e), a party may file exceptions to the Magistrate's recommendation with the Clerk. Exceptions shall be in writing and shall describe the asserted error with particular detail.
Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, signed a reproductive freedom bill package into law in 2023. Those laws protect electronic health record data, shield abortion providers from prosecution in other states and require public colleges to give students access to comprehensive reproductive care.
For both reproductive and gender-affirming care, Maryland's shield laws provide protections against out-of-state investigations and prosecutions, professional discipline, and civil liability, and provide protections for health care providers' professional liability insurance.
The Statement of Probable Cause is the written section of a statement of charges and typically contains the allegations outlined by the charging officer that form the legal basis for the criminal charges.
§ 2-341. (a) Without leave of court. A party may file an amendment to a pleading without leave of court by the date set forth in a scheduling order or, if there is no scheduling order, no later than 30 days before a scheduled trial date.
One or more members of a plaintiff class may sue as representative parties on behalf of all only if (1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable, (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class, (3) the claims of the representative parties are typical of the claims of the class, ...
(c) Convenience of the Parties and Witnesses. On motion of any party, the court may transfer any action to any other circuit court where the action might have been brought if the transfer is for the convenience of the parties and witnesses and serves the interests of justice.