{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-007","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court","authority":"Neb. Const. art. V, § 1; Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221","instrument":"Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (No. S-20-247)","title":"First statewide administrative order: exclusion of exposed, quarantined, symptomatic and recently travelled persons from court proceedings; courts remain open","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12","end":"2020-04-06 (superseded by the Apr. 6, 2020 order, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-008)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-04-06","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","QUAR","TRAV"],"addressees":["all Nebraska courts and probation offices","attorneys, parties and witnesses","probationers"],"clause":"no person who falls within any of those categories shall attend any hearing, trial, conference, deposition, or other proceeding without prior authorization from the court... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no court shall close unless or until the Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court has issued an order declaring a nonjudicial day. However, courts and probation offices shall devise and implement emergency preparedness plans to carry out mission essential functions.","enforcement":"General administrative order binding on all courts and probation offices under Neb. Const. art. V, § 1 and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221","functions":["CT courts and agencies","WF workforce (persons who had travelled abroad within 14 days barred from proceedings)"],"notes":"Nebraska never closed its courts statewide; the Chief Justice\u0027s orders instead barred categories of persons and required local plans, so county-level orders (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) carried the closures.","sourceUrl":"https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/Administration/emergency/order3.12.20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":73106,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-007","citation":"Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court, Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (No. S-20-247) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-007)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-008"]}