{"id":"FL-064","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Florida (all State courts)","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida","authority":"Art. V, s. 2(a), Fla. Const.; Fla. R. Gen. Prac. \u0026 Jud. Admin. 2.205","instrument":"Administrative Order No. AOSC20-13","title":"In re: COVID-19 Emergency Procedures in the Florida State Courts","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13 (jury provisions from Mar. 16)","end":"Extended and superseded by AOSC20-15, 20-17 and 20-23 (Apr. 6, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-04-06","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all circuit and county courts","district courts of appeal","litigants and jurors"],"clause":"2. All grand jury proceedings, jury selection proceedings, and criminal and civil jury trials are suspended during the period beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, through Friday, March 27, 2020, or as provided by subsequent order.... 3. All time periods involving the speedy trial procedure, in criminal and juvenile court proceedings, are suspended from the close of business on Friday, March 13, 2020, until the close of business on Monday, March 30, 2020","enforcement":"Binding on all Florida courts","functions":["CT jury trials, grand juries and jury selection suspended statewide","CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions delayed","SV foreclosure and collection dockets"],"notes":"The first of the Supreme Court\u0027s COVID orders; the jury-trial suspension ran statewide until circuits reopened under Phase 2 plans (from mid-2020) and generally until 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/631744/7178881/AOSC20-13.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":289750,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FL","url":"/library/FL-064","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FL-064","citation":"Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida, Administrative Order No. AOSC20-13 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FL-064)","stateName":"Florida","related":["FL-065","FL-066","FL-067"]}