{"id":"AR-023","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 (per curiam, June 11, 2020)","title":"Per curiam setting a fifty-person courtroom cap with masks and temperature checks and ending the jury-trial suspension June 30, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-06-11","effective":"2020-06-11","end":"Jury trials suspended again Nov. 20, 2020 (Ex. AR-024)","startDate":"2020-06-11","endDate":"2020-11-20","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CRT","GATH","MASK"],"addressees":["all courts"],"clause":"First, there shall be no more than 50 people in the courtroom or venue where court is being conducted, provided there is adherence to the Arkansas Department of Health guidelines. Those guidelines include: everyone in the room using face masks or coverings; social distancing of at least 6 feet; Second, the suspension of jury trials shall end on June 30, 2020, and jury summons may begin to be issued immediately for jury service that begins on or after July 1, 2020.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT courts (jury trials)","CB litigants"],"notes":"\u0027jury trials in some counties may resume in July, whereas most parts of Arkansas might not resume jury trials until September or later.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.arcourts.gov/sites/default/files/articles/in-re-response-to-covid-19-pandemic-pc.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":98792,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-023","citation":"Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-023)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-024","AR-022","AR-030","AR-021","AR-020","AR-019","AR-018"]}