{"id":"MET-PHX-008","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maricopa County, Arizona (Superior Court)","state":"AZ","metro":"PHX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding Judge","authority":"Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Orders 2020-48, 2020-60, 2020-70, 2020-79","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 2020-078","title":"In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities Due to a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (replacing AO 2020-065)","dateIssued":"2020-05-22","effective":"2020-06-01","end":"Replaced in turn by AO 2020-098, -114, -115, -155 (2020) and 2021-013, -031, -057, -073 (recited in Ex. MET-PHX-004)","startDate":"2020-06-01","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK","GATH","EMP"],"addressees":["the public","litigants, jurors, lawyers","court employees"],"clause":"IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that beginning June 1, 2020 the Superior Court and all limited jurisdiction courts in Maricopa County will continue to hold hearings via audio and video appearances... It remains the presumption that proceedings be conducted via audio and video unless both authorized by this order and deemed necessary by the assigned judicial officer.... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that for the duration of this order, physical access to all court buildings of the Arizona Superior Court located in Maricopa County shall be restricted to attendance at in-person court hearings.... attendance at any in-person event will be limited to parties, witnesses, victims, sheriff\u0027s deputies, detention officers, law enforcement officers, parents in juvenile delinquency matters, and lawyers... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that beginning June 15th, 2020 jury trials will [commence on a limited basis].","enforcement":"Denial of entry; removal for refusing a face covering","functions":["CT/CRT courts and clerks","CL/ML/SV lending, servicing, eviction and foreclosure processes","OP legal and office work converted to remote appearances","WF jurors"],"notes":"Recites the Superior Court\u0027s AOs 2020-043, 2020-055 and 2020-065 restricting physical access from March 2020 and mandatory masks for all court employees; every person entering must wear a face covering and pass health screening; jury trials suspended again July 1-31, 2020 (Ex. MET-PHX-009 recital).","sourceUrl":"https://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/SuperiorCourt/AdministrativeOrders/AdminOrders/AO%202020-078.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":134964,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHX","url":"/library/MET-PHX-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHX-008","citation":"Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding Judge, Administrative Order No. 2020-078 (May 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHX-008)","stateName":"Arizona","related":["MET-PHX-004","MET-PHX-009","MET-PHX-011"]}