Administrative Order 08-5 (Amending 01-3): Management, Security, Conduct and Decorum of Persons in the Court Buildings and Annexes of the Third Judicial District
Whereas, the Third
Judicial District Court desires to maintain an efficient judiciary responsive
to the safeguard and protection of those individuals requiring the use of the
various court buildings in the Third Judicial District, and
Whereas,
the Administrative Judge is charged by the statutes of
Now, Therefore, It
Is Ordered that all persons entering the courthouses of the Third Judicial
District, State of Idaho, except bona fide peace officers, as described in the
Idaho Code, court security officers, prosecutors and their staff, state and
federal peace officers of the state and federal governments and persons
authorized to secure the public buildings of the State of Idaho, are hereby
prohibited from carrying or having readily accessible to them at any place
inside of the courthouses and court annex buildings of the Third Judicial
District, State of Idaho, any firearms, dangerous weapons, explosives, or
incendiary devices, without prior written approval of the Administrative Judge
or a Resident Judge obtained upon the showing of good cause of the necessity
for the possession of such an item. However,
no individual exempted above from the provisions of this paragraph is
authorized to carry a weapon of any kind, whether concealed or openly
displayed, when appearing in any court facility in a personal or otherwise
unofficial capacity.
It Is Further
Ordered that all persons entering or being in a court building located in the
Third Judicial District, including, but not limited to, the official courtrooms
therein, and areas adjacent thereto, are hereby prohibited from uttering loud,
threatening or abusive language or otherwise engaging in any disorderly or
disruptive conduct at any place within said building, or committing any of said
acts with intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of any
session of the court or any other judicial body or tribunal holding a
proceeding therein.
The term
“courthouse of the Third Judicial District” shall mean any courthouse,
court annex building, district court clerk office or annex, or any facility
housing court related offices.
It Is Further
Ordered that upon disclosure of this order to any person committing any of the
proscribed acts, unless such person immediately ceases and desists from
committing the proscribed acts and complies with any order or direction of any
peace officer, court security officer, judicial officer, or employee of the
court in furtherance of this order, that such person shall be in contempt of
this order and may be imprisoned or fined upon order of the court.
It Is Further
Ordered that copies of this order shall be posted at conspicuous places
throughout the court buildings, district court clerks’ offices and other
annexes which are considered to be annexes of the courthouses of the Third
Judicial District to provide notice to all parties entering the buildings or
annexes.
It Is Further
Ordered that any peace officer or court security officer observing a person
acting in conflict with this order is hereby instructed and ordered to take
such person(s) into custody and at the appointed time bring them before the
court or a Judge of the District Court or a Judge of the Magistrate Division of
the District Court thereof, to make a determination of whether there has been
an action in contempt of this order.
It Is Further Ordered that the Trial Court Administrator shall have the
responsibility and authority to assist in the implementation and management of security
in any of the court buildings or annexes as mentioned in this order.
It Is Further
Ordered that the Administrative Judge has the responsibility and the authority
to assign security personnel to judges, court personnel, jurors and other persons
when he or she feels it necessary or desirable to do so, in the interest of the
orderly discharge of judicial duties within the Third Judicial District.
Dated this 8th day of December, 2008.
Signed by Gregory
M. Culet, Administrative District Judge
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