{"id":"MET-ORL-040","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)","state":"FL","metro":"ORL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.","authority":"Fla. Const. art. V, sec. 2(d); Fla. Stat. 43.26; Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.215; Fla. Sup. Ct. AOSC20-13 (Mar. 13, 2020) and AOSC20-15 (Mar. 17, 2020)","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 2020-06-01","title":"Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (essential and critical proceedings only; public access limited; jury trials postponed; outlying courthouses closed)","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"Amended by AO 2020-06-02 through -05 (spring 2020); superseded by AO 2020-06-05 (June 26, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-06-02","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH","QUAR"],"addressees":["parties, witnesses, spectators, jurors, counsel and the public in Orange and Osceola Counties"],"clause":"(4) Public access to court facilities is hereby limited to counsel for parties and court participants (e.g. clerks, deputies, etc.). No parties, witnesses, spectators or family members may attend proceedings until emergency conditions pass, except as may be permitted by the Presiding Judge or the Chief Judge.... (5) Any person, regardless of status, who is exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19, or any person who has knowingly been in contact with another person who is suffering from the effects of the COVID-19 virus, is prohibited from entering any court facility. Sheriff\u0027s deputies in each courthouse facility are hereby granted the authority to screen and eject persons... (7) All jury trials scheduled between March 16, 2020 and April 17, 2020, are postponed until further order of this Court.... (9) No individual summoned to appear for jury duty between March 16, 2020 and April 17, 2020, shall appear during this time.... (14) All civil traffic dockets set between March 16, 2020 and April 17, 2020 are cancelled... (16) All court proceedings scheduled to occur between March 16, 2020 and April 17, 2020 at the Orange County outlying courthouses in Winter Park, Apopka and Ocoee are cancelled and shall be rescheduled to a date after the public health emergency is resolved.","enforcement":"Sheriff\u0027s deputies authorized to screen and eject persons from court facilities (para. (5))","functions":["CT courts and clerks (civil, family, probate, traffic, problem-solving courts)","WF jurors excused; symptomatic and exposed persons barred","CL closings and filings dependent on hearings","OF legal services displaced to remote hearings"],"notes":"The first amendment of the Circuit\u0027s March 16, 2020 order; para. (18) requires six-foot distancing in any in-person essential proceeding; para. (17) juvenile shelter and detention hearings by conference call only.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/2020-06-01%20-%20Amended%20Temporary%20Order%20Governing%20Essential%20and%20Critical%20Trial%20Court%20Proceedings.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200612085424/https://www.ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/2020-06-01%20-%20Amended%20Temporary%20Order%20Governing%20Essential%20and%20Critical%20Trial%20Court%20Proceedings.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":290849,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ORL","url":"/library/MET-ORL-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ORL-040","citation":"Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr, Administrative Order No. 2020-06-01 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-ORL-040)","stateName":"Florida","related":["MET-ORL-039","MET-ORL-046"]}