{"id":"AR-021","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Arkansas","authority":"Ark. Const. amend. 80","instrument":"In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam)","title":"Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 15, 2020 with a ten-person courtroom limit and face coverings","dateIssued":"2020-04-23","effective":"2020-04-23","end":"2020-05-18 (hearings resumed under Ex. AR-022)","startDate":"2020-04-23","endDate":"2020-05-18","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH","MASK"],"addressees":["all courts and court clerks\u0027 offices"],"clause":"The previous suspension of all in-person proceedings in all appellate, circuit, and district courts shall be extended through May 15, 2020... If emergency proceedings must be held in-person, the court should ensure that (1) no more than 10 persons are gathered in the courtroom or in areas around the courtroom; (2) participants wear face coverings where possible; and (3) participants in the courtroom are separated consistent with social-distancing guidelines... Non-emergency proceedings should not be held in-person.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT courts","CB litigants"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.arcourts.gov/sites/default/files/articles/COVID-19-PC-april-23.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":831888,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-021","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-021","citation":"Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam) (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-021)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-022","AR-019","AR-030","AR-020","AR-018","AR-023"]}