{"id":"MET-ATL-033","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Cobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County","authority":"O.C.G.A. §§ 38-3-60(2)(D), 38-3-61, 38-3-62, 38-3-63","instrument":"Order Declaring Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Judicial Emergency, No. 20-1-0005 (Cobb Super. Ct.)","title":"Order Declaring Judicial Emergency (Cobb Judicial Circuit)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13 (e-filed 4:32 p.m.)","end":"Thirty days; thereafter the Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021) governed, with the Circuit\u0027s June 16, 2020 safety order (Ex. MET-ATL-036)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-03-14","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts and clerk\u0027s offices in Cobb County","petit and grand jurors","parties in civil and non-essential matters"],"clause":"IT IS THE ORDER of the Court that no petit jurors shall report and no jury trials shall be held for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the entry of this Order. Furthermore, civil and other non-essential matters shall be limited by the courts during this 30-day time period.... Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 38-3-62, during the period of this Order, the Court hereby suspends, tolls, extends, and otherwise grants relief from: (1) a statute of limitation; (2) the time within which to try a case for which a demand for speedy trial has been filed; (3) the time within which to hold a commitment hearing; (4) the time within which to return a bill of indictment...","enforcement":"Court order; Sheriff to post","functions":["CT courts and clerks (civil dockets, evictions, foreclosures, contract litigation suspended or limited)","CRT"],"notes":"Issued one day before the Chief Justice\u0027s statewide order; the earliest court closure instrument in the metro.","sourceUrl":"https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cobbcounty.org.if-us-west-2/prod/2020-05/Cobb-County-Superior-Court-Judicial-Emergency_03-13-2020.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201019094354/https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cobbcounty.org.if-us-west-2/prod/2020-05/Cobb-County-Superior-Court-Judicial-Emergency_03-13-2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":317404,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-033","citation":"Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County, Order Declaring Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Judicial Emergency, No. 20-1-0005 (Cobb Super. Ct.) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-033)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["MET-ATL-036"]}