{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States Tax Court","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley, United States Tax Court","authority":"I.R.C. 7453","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 2020-02","title":"Remote Court Proceedings During COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-05-29","effective":"2020-05-29 (\u0027effective immediately\u0027)","end":"2021-08-27 (terminated by Administrative Order No. 2021-01)","startDate":"2020-05-29","endDate":"2021-08-27","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH","TELE"],"addressees":["all parties and counsel in Tax Court cases nationwide","the public (audio access only)"],"clause":"As of the date of this Administrative Order, multiple jurisdictions across the country remain under restrictions on travel and in-person gatherings. Given the ongoing uncertainties and the Court\u0027s desire to continue essential operations, on May 29, 2020, the Court adopted procedures for conducting Court proceedings remotely. These procedures will be in effect until further notice.... Public access to the Court\u0027s remote proceedings will be made available via real-time audio... This Order is effective immediately and shall continue in effect until terminated by this Court.","enforcement":"Order of the Court binding on all cases; Tax Court Rules 50, 130, 131 as applied; noncompliance addressed by the presiding judge","functions":["CT courts (all trials remote; no in-person sessions in 74 cities)","CS client representation (remote trials; documentary-evidence and subpoena procedures modified, see 016)","OF law-firm operations","CB clients"],"notes":"Recital that the Court \u0027conducts trial sessions in 74 cities across the country\u0027 with \u0027a large number of participants\u0027; the order itself recites the nationwide \u0027restrictions on travel and in-person gatherings\u0027 as its cause. In force on every day of 2021 Q3 through Aug. 27, 2021, and the Fall 2021 sessions remained remote under AO 2021-01 (007, 013).","sourceUrl":"https://www.ustaxcourt.gov/resources/administrative_orders/Administrative_Order_2020-02.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":260409,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005","citation":"Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley, United States Tax Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-02 (May 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005)","stateName":"","related":[]}