{"id":"FED-333","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States District Court for the Northern District of California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton","authority":"inherent authority","instrument":"General Order 72-6","title":"In re: COVID Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-6)","dateIssued":"2020-09-16","effective":"2020-09-16","end":"2021-07-01 (abrogated by General Order 78, Ex. FED-337)","startDate":"2020-09-16","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["litigants, counsel, jurors, the public"],"clause":"Orders as follows, effective immediately: 1. Jury trials and bench trials may proceed in accordance with the logistical considerations [necessitated by the pandemic]... 3. Other court appearances may be waived or postponed, or may be conducted by telephone or [videoconference]... [in-person proceedings other than trials] are suspended pending further notice, unless a judge orders otherwise in a specific case.... 3. Pending further notice, the courthouses and law libraries are closed for public events, tours, and [gatherings]... 4. Effective immediately, this General Order supersedes General Order 72-5. ADOPTED: September 16, 2020","enforcement":"court order","functions":["CT courthouses closed to public events and tours; most appearances remote; in force Sept. 16, 2020 - June 30, 2021"],"notes":"The N.D. Cal. regime in force on the first and last days of 2020 Q4, 2021 Q1 and 2021 Q2.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/general-orders/GO_72-6_In_Re_COVID_Public_Health_Emergency_9-16-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":110134,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-333","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-333","citation":"Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-333)","stateName":"California","related":["FED-337","FED-317","FED-332","FED-331"]}