{"id":"HI-032","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Hawaii","state":"HI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald","authority":"HRS 601-2(a) and -2(b)(6); Haw. Const. art. VI, secs. 6-7","instrument":"Order, In the Matter of the Judiciary\u0027s Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak, SCMF-20-0000152","title":"Order limiting in-person appearances and postponing trials (Mar. 16, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"2020-04-30 (extended through May 29, 2020 by the Apr. 27 order and thereafter by successive operations orders)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all State courts","parties, attorneys, jurors, witnesses"],"clause":"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, with the exception of emergency and time-sensitive matters, in-person appearances for civil, family, and, to the extent possible, criminal dockets will be limited starting Tuesday March 17, 2020 until Thursday April 30, 2020... 2. Ongoing Trials: All ongoing trials will be postponed to a date after Thursday, April 30, 2020. 3. Civil: Civil trials and hearings will be postponed to a date after Thursday April 30, 2020... This directive applies to small claims, landlord-tenant, and civil traffic infraction cases.","enforcement":"Court order; chief judges of each circuit to devise circuit plans","functions":["CT courts (all civil, family, landlord-tenant and most criminal proceedings)","CL closings and collections dependent on court process","PM evictions (landlord-tenant cases postponed)"],"notes":"The Hawaii Judiciary is a unified State system; this order reached every circuit and district court","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/031619_scmf-20-152_In_Re_COVID-19.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":241073,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"HI","url":"/library/HI-032","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/HI-032","citation":"Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald, Order, In the Matter of the Judiciary\u0027s Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak, SCMF-20-0000152 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. HI-032)","stateName":"Hawaii","related":[]}