{"id":"MET-CLE-014","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Cuyahoga County, Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"CLE","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division","authority":"Ohio Const. art. IV; Sup. R. 5; R.C. 2945.72(H) (speedy-trial tolling); Ohio Att\u0027y Gen. Op. 2020-002 (Mar. 18, 2020)","instrument":"Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)","title":"In re: Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"\u0027in effect until such time as the response to the COVID-19 local health crisis has resulted in control of the spread of the disease or otherwise until further order of the court\u0027; extended Apr. 28, 2020 (to May 29) and May 26, 2020 (until the emergency subsides)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH","EMP"],"addressees":["all litigants, attorneys, jurors and persons entering the courthouse","court personnel","Clerk of Courts"],"clause":"all criminal and civil jury trials are suspended for a period of 30 days, unless a criminal case implicates constitutional \u0027speedy trial\u0027 issues for which a waiver from the defendant has not been obtained... all in-person civil proceedings, except emergency actions, are suspended for a period of 30 days. Civil proceedings may be conducted via telephone at the discretion of each individual judge... All foreclosure cases are hereby stayed for a period of sixty (60) day[s]... All individuals, including Court judicial officers and personnel, desiring to enter the courthouse are subject to available health screening or testing and may be excluded from admission based upon the results of such screening or testing.","enforcement":"Exclusion from the courthouse; continuances; stays","functions":["CT courts (jury trials and in-person civil proceedings suspended)","CL/SV foreclosure and collection actions stayed","OF law-office trial practice","CB litigants and creditors"],"notes":"Findings recite the Mar. 12, 2020 ODH mass-gathering order and that \u0027bars and restaurants were ordered to essentially cease operations other than delivery and take-out service.\u0027 Four pages.","sourceUrl":"https://cp.cuyahogacounty.us/media/2643/administrative-order-3-16-20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3414756,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-CLE","url":"/library/MET-CLE-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-CLE-014","citation":"Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-014)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["SEC-12-GM-122","MET-CLE-015","MET-CLE-016","MET-CLE-017","MET-CLE-018","MET-CLE-019"]}