{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-032","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and suburban Cook County; the largest unified trial court in the United States)","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County","authority":"Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b) (chief judge\u0027s general orders); \u0027the court\u0027s inherent authority\u0027; Ill. S. Ct. M.R. 30370","instrument":"General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020)","title":"Resumption of operations from July 6, 2020 with all matters by videoconference to the extent reasonably possible, no jury trials, remote work for judges and employees, masks in all courthouses, six-foot distancing and courtroom caps, and a stay of residential eviction filings and enforcement (sheriff to resume enforcement after Sept. 21, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-09-03","effective":"2020-08-21 (as amended Sept. 3, 2020); operative provisions effective July 6, 2020","end":"Superseded by G.A.O. 2020-07 (Nov. 23, 2020, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033)","startDate":"2020-08-21","endDate":"2020-11-23","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CRT","TELE","MASK","CAP","GATH"],"addressees":["all judges and employees of the Circuit Court","attorneys and litigants","the Sheriff of Cook County","landlords and tenants"],"clause":"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, except as provided below or as otherwise ordered by the judge presiding, effective July 6, 2020, the circuit court will begin hearing all matters in all Districts and Divisions of the court with the exception of jury trials; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that... all matters in all Districts and Divisions of the court shall be conducted by videoconference to the extent reasonably possible... all judges and employees of the court, except those who are essential for essential court operations, shall work remotely... all persons must wear masks or other face coverings in the courthouse... no residential real estate eviction action shall commence unless a tenant poses a direct threat to the health and safety of other tenants... the sheriff of Cook County shall refrain from enforcement of eviction orders relating to residential real estate and shall resume enforcement of said orders after September 21, 2020... At no time shall there be more persons in the courtroom than the number established under guidance by the appropriate public health authorities;... all persons in the courtroom shall maintain a minimum distance of 6 (six) feet","enforcement":"General administrative order under Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); enforced through the court\u0027s scheduling, contempt and access-control powers and the Sheriff","functions":["CT courts and agencies (5.2 million residents; all civil, chancery, law, probate and municipal dockets)","SV servicing and collections (consumer debt, foreclosure, eviction dockets)","PM property management (eviction filings and enforcement stayed)","CL closings (foreclosure sales and chancery relief)","OF office and administration (remote work)","WF workforce (jury service; masks)"],"notes":"Supersedes G.A.O. 2020-01 (eff. May 28, 2020, as amended) which had continued all matters 30 days at a time from Mar. 13, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://ocj-web-files.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/orders/2020-02_GAO_eff__8-21-20_amended_9-3-20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":568421,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-032","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-032","citation":"Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-033","AGY-ST-COURTS-037"]}