Local Rule Rule 83.4: Security in the Courthouse
N.D. Ohio — General rule
Rule 83.4 Security in the Courthouse
(a) The United States Marshal, the Federal Protective Service and any other federal security force are authorized to require all persons entering any United States District Court in the Northern District of Ohio to pass through an electronic metal detector before gaining access to the building or the corridors leading to the Judges' chambers. Whenever any person who activates the detector wishes to gain access to these areas, such person must submit to a reasonable, limited search of his or her person and property in order to determine the existence, if any, of explosive or dangerous weapons that might cause injury to persons or property.
(b) All packages, bags, parcels, and brief cases shall be submitted for magnetometer, x-ray, and/or manual inspection upon entry into any United States District Court in the Northern District of Ohio. Any person who refuses to allow such inspection shall be denied entrance.
(c) Except for the United States Marshal, the Marshal's deputies and designees, no one shall have an explosive, incendiary, deadly, or dangerous weapon on or about his or her person while inside any United States District Court in the Northern District of Ohio, unless such person is a federal law enforcement officer, or is a law officer of another jurisdiction who receives approval of the United States Marshal. This approval shall be accomplished by signing a register in the office of the United States Marshal on each day that the person enters the courthouse with a weapon. Such register will record the date, signature of the person carrying the weapon, destination in the courthouse, and a brief description of the weapon.
(d) The United States Marshal and any other federal security force authorized by law are directed to enforce this Rule and to take into custody any person violating its provisions. Such persons who commit any violation of this Rule while outside the confines of a courtroom or in a courtroom outside the presence of the Judge or Judges of such Court shall be brought before a Magistrate Judge without any unnecessary delay. Such persons who commit any violation of this Rule while within the confines of a courtroom in the presence of a Judge or Judges shall be brought before the Judge or Judges as directed without unnecessary delay.
(See LCrR 57.4) Last revised 4/7/97. See Historical Notes for full revision history.