Federal Court in DC Halts Jury Trials Over Omicron Wave

U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Beryl A. Howell presides at the U.S. District Court in Washington on April 13, 2018. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A federal court in Washington has halted jury trials until late January 2022 because of the increase in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus variant.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia suspended jury trials at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Criminal trials resumed about a year later, and civil trials restarted in June.