{"id":"MET-ATL-020","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit: Superior, State and Magistrate Courts)","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court)","authority":"Statewide Judicial Emergency Orders of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia (O.C.G.A. § 38-3-61 et seq.); adopted as an Order of the Superior Court on June 12, 2020","instrument":"Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020","title":"Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings","dateIssued":"2020-06-11","effective":"2020-06-12 (adopted as an order)","end":"Remained in place through the Local Judicial Emergency of July 30-Aug. 29, 2021 (Ex. MET-ATL-052 states the guidelines \u0027remain in place during the term of this Order\u0027)","startDate":"2020-06-12","endDate":"2021-08-29","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK","CAP","EMP"],"addressees":["litigants, lawyers, jurors and the public entering the Fulton County courthouse complex","court personnel","Sheriff and Marshal"],"clause":"Personnel in public-facing roles will be required to wear face masks at all times while carrying out their public-facing [duties]... any member of the public who enters the facilities and does not have their own face mask can be provided with one... [persons with a body temperature over 100.4 degrees] will be denied entry into the facilities... there shall be established limitations on, and posted notices regarding, the [number of persons] admitted... The Chief Judges of State, Superior, and Magistrate... will take a phased approach to reintroducing jurors and jury trials. Prior to having jurors report, non-jury trials will take place.... no judge will be able to have more than four inmates in the [courtroom at a time]","enforcement":"Enforced by Sheriff\u0027s and Marshal\u0027s personnel at courthouse entrances; court orders","functions":["CT courts and clerks (law firms, lenders, landlords, title companies)","CRT courthouse access limited; jury trials phased","WF jurors and witnesses"],"notes":"The Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021, State instrument) suspended jury trials statewide; the Circuit\u0027s guidelines governed every in-person proceeding in the State\u0027s busiest trial court. Updated guidelines of July 29, 2020 (UpdatedGuidelinesForInPersonProc07292020.pdf) exist;","sourceUrl":"https://www.fultoncourt.org/about/admin/Guidelines_for_Expanded_In-Person_Proceedings_June_2020.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200822090127/https://www.fultoncourt.org/about/admin/Guidelines_for_Expanded_In-Person_Proceedings_June_2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1448003,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-020","citation":"Chief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court), Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020 (Ex. MET-ATL-020)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["MET-ATL-052"]}