{"id":"FED-305","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; CARES Act § 15002","instrument":"Standing Order 21-02","title":"In re: Further Suspension of In-Person Judicial Proceedings and Limitations of Grand Jury Proceedings Due to COVID-19","dateIssued":"","effective":"January 2021 through 2021-03-17 (in-person proceedings suspended); extended to June 1, 2021 by the Extension of Standing Order 21-02 (recited in Ex. FED-306)","end":"2021-06-01","startDate":"2021-03-17","endDate":"2021-06-01","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["litigants, counsel, grand jurors"],"clause":"WHEREAS, in response to the continuing pandemic, on January 19, 2021, the Governor [of New Jersey extended the public health emergency]...; [the Court] remains in Phase Three of its Recovery Guidelines, mandating the wearing of face coverings,... [the suspension of in-person proceedings] remains in effect until March 17, 2021,... [the Court] found it necessary to continue all civil and criminal jury selections and jury trials to March 12, [2021]...","enforcement":"court order","functions":["CT"],"notes":"Standing Order 21-04 (Ex. FED-306) recites that the Extension of Standing Order 2021-02 suspended all in-person proceedings \u0027through June 1, 2021.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/SO21-02.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":44195,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-305","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-305","citation":"Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-02 (Mar. 17, 2021) (Ex. FED-305)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["FED-306","FED-303","FED-304"]}