{"id":"MET-DCM-040","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Fairfax County, Virginia (19th Judicial Circuit)","state":"MD","metro":"DCM","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Circuit Court of Fairfax County (Chief Judge)","authority":"Supreme Court of Virginia Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020); the Circuit Court\u0027s Pandemic Policy Procedures","instrument":"Updated and Amended Memorandum: COVID-19 Contingency/Action Plan, Fairfax County Circuit Court Ordered Procedures","title":"COVID-19 Contingency/Action Plan - Fairfax County Circuit Court Ordered Procedures (effective March 17, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"Extended and revised by later memoranda and the Supreme Court\u0027s successive judicial-emergency orders.","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-09-15","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["litigants, counsel, jurors and the general public in Fairfax County Circuit Court"],"clause":"For the next thirty (30) days, the Circuit Court will only be hearing criminal arraignments; criminal bond motions and criminal and civil emergency motions as outlined below. A. CIVIL: 1. All civil jury trials are suspended for the next thirty (30) days through April 17, 2020... 2. All civil bench trials are suspended for the next thirty (30) days... 3. All Friday Motions Practice are suspended through April 17, 2020... B. [CRIMINAL:] 1. All criminal trials, both jury and bench, are suspended for the next thirty (30) days... 2. All criminal motions are suspended through April 17, 2020.","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT courts and litigation calendars","CL closings and recordings dependent on court process","PJ legal-services projects","CB clients with pending matters"],"notes":"Virginia\u0027s largest trial court closed its civil and criminal trial calendars from Mar. 17, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/circuit/sites/circuit/files/assets/documents/pdf/circuit-court-covid-19-procedures-3-16-20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":132893,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DCM","url":"/library/MET-DCM-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DCM-040","citation":"Circuit Court of Fairfax County (Chief Judge), Updated and Amended Memorandum: COVID-19 Contingency/Action Plan, Fairfax County Circuit Court Ordered Procedures (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-DCM-040)","stateName":"Maryland","related":[]}