A big posterboard on an easel and signs taped to its walls announce a new dress code policy for those entering the Akron Municipal Court that went into effect July 1.
The order from Administrative/Presiding Judge David Hamilton restricts a list of clothing and fashion accessories (listed below). It also states anyone wearing “unacceptable” clothing items will immediately be removed from the Akron Municipal Court and its “surrounding premises” and that “all cases related to the offending litigant” in civil, criminal or traffic court will be rescheduled.
Signal Akron Government Reporter Doug Brown spoke with Hamilton about his justification for the policy and how he believes it will be enforced…