{"id":"MET-PHX-011","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts)","state":"AZ","metro":"PHX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding Judge","authority":"Arizona Supreme Court Administrative Order 2020-48","instrument":"Administrative Order No. 2020-048","title":"In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities [Justice Courts]","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-31","end":"2020-04-17 (extended by AO 2020-060 (Apr. 13), 2020-069 (Apr. 24), 2020-079 (June 2, 2020))","startDate":"2020-03-31","endDate":"2020-04-17","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["the public","parties, lawyers, jurors in justice courts"],"clause":"IT IS ORDERED that between the dates of March 31, 2020 and April 17, 2020... The justice courts will continue to hold telephonic hearings... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that for the duration of this order, physical access to [court facilities shall be] restricted to attendance at in-person court hearings set forth in the Exceptions section... [evictions, change in release conditions, in-custody requests, protective orders, and similar]... IT IS ORDERED any in-person appearance may be converted to a telephonic or video appearance by order of any judicial officer... all initial appearances for in-custody defendants will proceed in-person by video through the use of the Video Arraignment Court.","enforcement":"Court order; denial of access","functions":["CT/CRT justice courts closed to the public except enumerated in-person matters","PM/SV eviction process","OP"],"notes":"Companion Superior Court orders 2020-043/-055/-065 restricted access to superior court buildings in the same period (recited in Ex. MET-PHX-008).","sourceUrl":"http://justicecourts.maricopa.gov/AdministrativeOrders/AO2020-48-superior.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200926000836/http://justicecourts.maricopa.gov/AdministrativeOrders/AO2020-48-superior.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":101643,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHX","url":"/library/MET-PHX-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHX-011","citation":"Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding Judge, Administrative Order No. 2020-048 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHX-011)","stateName":"Arizona","related":["MET-PHX-008","MET-PHX-010"]}