{"id":"FED-317","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Eureka)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton","authority":"inherent authority; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A); Fed. R. Crim. P. 6","instrument":"General Order 72","title":"In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 (\u0027effective immediately\u0027)","end":"2020-04-30 (superseded by General Order 72-2, Ex. FED-318); the series ran to General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) and was abrogated July 1, 2021 by General Order 78 (Ex. FED-337)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["litigants, counsel, jurors, grand jurors and the public"],"clause":"[Bay Area health officers have ordered the public to] postpone in-person events consisting of 50 people or more;... hereby issues the following Order, effective immediately: 1. No jury trial will be commenced before May 1, 2020. Any trial dates currently scheduled [before that date will be vacated]... 3. Appearances before the district judges may be waived or postponed, if required by [the parties\u0027 health]... 5. All grand jury proceedings in this district are suspended until May 1, 2020.","enforcement":"court order","functions":["CT the federal court for Silicon Valley and San Francisco suspended jury and grand-jury proceedings from Mar. 16, 2020","CS law firms, court reporters, process servers"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/general-orders/GO_72_3-16-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":169919,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-317","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-317","citation":"Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-317)","stateName":"California","related":["FED-318","FED-337","FED-330","FED-331","FED-332","FED-335","FED-334","FED-336"]}