{"id":"FED-303","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States District Court for the District of New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson","authority":"inherent authority; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A); CARES Act § 15002","instrument":"Standing Order 20-17","title":"In re: Suspension of In-Person Judicial Proceedings and Modification of Second Extension of Standing Order 2020-12, Due to the Resurgence of COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-11-25","effective":"2020-11-25 through 2021-01-31 (as extended)","end":"2021-01 (succeeded by Standing Order 21-02, Ex. FED-305)","startDate":"2020-11-25","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["litigants, counsel, jurors and the public"],"clause":"WHEREAS, on June 25, 2020, New Jersey issued a travel advisory... [which] ballooned to 46 states and U.S. jurisdictions, as of November 17, 2020;... WHEREAS, on November 23, 2020, COVID-19-related hospitalizations in New Jersey [reached their highest level since May]... [ORDERED that all in-person judicial proceedings in the District, including criminal proceedings, are suspended]...","enforcement":"court order","functions":["CT the federal court in New Jersey suspended all in-person proceedings for the winter 2020-21 resurgence","CS"],"notes":"The Third Extension of Standing Order 20-12 (Ex. FED-304) recites that Standing Order 2020-17 suspended \u0027all in-person proceedings in this District, including criminal proceedings, through January 31, 2021.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/StandingOrder20-17.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":96859,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-303","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-303","citation":"Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 20-17 (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. FED-303)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["FED-305","FED-304"]}