{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-035","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois","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); Ill. S. Ct. M.R. 30370 (eff. June 30, 2021); Cook County Department of Public Health guidance (recited)","instrument":"General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021","title":"Autumn 2021 amendment: courtroom distancing reduced from six to three feet; jury assembly areas expanded (Daley Center from Sept. 20, 2021; Leighton from Sept. 7, 2021) \u0027until said physical distancing requirements end\u0027; in-person proceedings preferred; COVID-19 measures continued","dateIssued":"2021-10-19","effective":"2021-10-15 (with provisions effective Sept. 7 and Sept. 20, 2021)","end":"Repealed in 2022 (post-period; not verified)","startDate":"2021-10-15","endDate":"","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","CAP","GATH"],"addressees":["all judges and employees of the Circuit Court","attorneys, litigants, jurors and witnesses"],"clause":"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to Ill. S. Ct., Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency/ Social Distancing, M.R. 30370 (eff. June 30, 2021) and guidance received June 14, 2021, from the Cook County Dept. of Public Health, the requirement of six feet of distance between persons in the courtroom is modified to require three feet of distance between persons in the courtroom; the following jury assembly rooms shall continue to maintain six feet of distance between persons... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, effective September 20, 2021, and until said physical distancing requirements end, the jury assembly areas at the Daley Center shall be expanded","enforcement":"General administrative order under Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b)","functions":["CT courts and agencies (Q3 2021: distancing, capacity and jury-assembly limits in force in every Cook County courthouse)"],"notes":"Direct evidence that the Circuit Court of Cook County was operating under COVID-19 distancing and capacity orders on Sept. 30, 2021 and after.","sourceUrl":"https://ocj-web-files.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/orders/2021-10-19_GAO_2020-07_amended.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3338733,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-035","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-035","citation":"Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-039"]}