{"id":"MET-CLE-020","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":"Sup. R. 5; Ohio Const. art. IV","instrument":"Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)","title":"In re: Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-08-03","effective":"2020-08-03","end":"2020-09-17 (superseded by the resumption order)","startDate":"2020-08-03","endDate":"2020-09-17","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all litigants, attorneys and jurors","court personnel"],"clause":"Whereas, on July 23, 2020, Lance Himes, Interim Director of the Ohio Department of Health, signed the Director\u0027s Order for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio;... Whereas, the number of COVID-19 cases in Cuyahoga County has increased since the Court\u0027s last Order. Specifically, the daily case count on April 28 was 73 and on July 28 was 168;... jury selection in this jurisdiction involves large jury venire pools... individuals responsible for children unable to attend school or daycare due to the pandemic... (the Court \u0027continued its stay on jury trials by order dated August 3, 2020\u0027, per the Sept. 17, 2020 order)","enforcement":"Continuances; stay of jury trials","functions":["CT courts (jury trials stayed)","OF","CB litigants"],"notes":"Four pages; page 1 read.","sourceUrl":"https://cp.cuyahogacounty.us/media/2672/administrative-order-8-3-20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2453516,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-CLE","url":"/library/MET-CLE-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-CLE-020","citation":"Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-020)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["MET-CLE-021","MET-CLE-018","MET-CLE-019"]}