{"id":"AL-058","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Alabama","authority":"Ala. Const. 1901, art. VI, §§ 139, 140, 150","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 7: Resumption of In-Person Hearings Authorized after May 15, 2020, and Continued Suspension of Jury Trials until September 14, 2020","title":"In-person hearings may resume after May 15, 2020 at the discretion of each presiding circuit judge under the Safer at Home Order; jury trials suspended until September 14, 2020; judicial state of emergency extended","dateIssued":"2020-05-13","effective":"2020-05-16","end":"jury trials suspended to September 14, 2020; judicial emergency continued pending further order (revoked July 7, 2021, Ex. AL-062)","startDate":"2020-05-16","endDate":"2020-09-14","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts","presiding circuit judges","county commissions, clerks, sheriffs, district attorneys and public defenders (consultation)"],"clause":"This Court hereby extends the state of emergency for the Judicial Branch of the State of Alabama pending further order. All administrative orders issued by this Court in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic... are hereby extended and shall remain in effect, except as set forth below. Subject to the approval of the Presiding Circuit Judge of each circuit and subject to the provisions of this order, in-person hearings in the circuit courts, district courts, juvenile courts, municipal courts, and probate courts are authorized to recommence after May 15, 2020.... The Presiding Circuit Judge is specifically authorized to adopt procedures that, in his or her discretion, will implement the recommendations and requirements of the \u0027Safer at Home Order\u0027... [title:] CONTINUED SUSPENSION OF JURY TRIALS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14, 2020","enforcement":"Supervisory authority of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT (jury trials suspended statewide through September 14, 2020)","CL","SV"],"notes":"Professional services and every litigant: no civil or criminal jury trial in Alabama from March 16 to September 14, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/AL_SCAdminOrderNo7.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":21187,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-058","citation":"Supreme Court of Alabama, Administrative Order No. 7: Resumption of In-Person Hearings Authorized after May 15, 2020, and Continued Suspension of Jury Trials until September 14, 2020 (May 13, 2020) (Ex. AL-058)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-062","AL-057","AL-056","AL-054","AL-055","AL-059"]}