{"id":"MET-PHL-047","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Seventh Judicial District)","state":"PA","metro":"PHL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr.","authority":"Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Order of Mar. 16, 2020; Declaration of Judicial Emergency in the Seventh Judicial District (Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 14, 2020)","instrument":"Emergency Order No. 2020-01","title":"In re: Temporary Restrictions on Operations of the Court of Common Pleas of the Seventh Judicial District Due to Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"immediately","end":"2020-04-14 by its terms; extended by Emergency Orders 2 through 24 (2020) and 2021-1 and 2021-2 (court index)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-04-14","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, litigants, jurors, the Sheriff, the public"],"clause":"In light of these developments, and to protect public health, reduce the size of public gatherings, and reduce unnecessary travel within this county... the Court issues the following Order, effective immediately: 1. All time calculations... are suspended... 4. All Grand Jury as well as all jury and non-jury trials, both criminal and civil are suspended and will be rescheduled at a later date. Jurors shall not report for jury duty. 5. All matters scheduled on the criminal and civil trial lists and miscellaneous lists... are cancelled pending further notice from the Court.... 7. Sheriff sales scheduled for the month of April are postponed and the issuance and enforcement of writs of possession are suspended.... 14. All mass public gatherings, other than court proceedings, are SUSPENDED at the Bucks County Justice Center... 15. This Order will expire on April 14, 2020, unless extended by further Court order.... DECLARATION: Per the Supreme Court\u0027s Order dated March 16, 2020, I declare a judicial emergency in the Seventh Judicial District for the following period: March 17, 2020 to April 14, 2020.","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT","CL sheriff sales postponed","PM writs of possession suspended","GATH gatherings at the Justice Center"],"notes":"Recites the Governor\u0027s Mar. 14, 2020 extension of mitigation to Bucks County","sourceUrl":"https://www.buckscounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2527/Emergency-Order-1-PDF;","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":182970,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHL","url":"/library/MET-PHL-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHL-047","citation":"President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr, Emergency Order No. 2020-01 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-047)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":[]}