{"id":"MET-SEA-045","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Pierce County Superior Court, Washington","state":"WA","metro":"SEA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Pierce County Superior Court (Presiding Judge)","authority":"Washington Supreme Court Order 25700-B-602 (Mar. 4, 2020); the Presiding Judge\u0027s authority","instrument":"Emergency Order #1: Order on Expanded Criteria for Excusing Jurors Based upon Public Health Emergency (Cause No. 20-2-05474-2)","title":"Emergency Order #1, Order on Expanded Criteria for Excusing Jurors Based upon Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12","end":"Superseded by the court\u0027s later emergency orders (Orders 2 through 7 and beyond)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["persons summoned for jury service in Pierce County Superior Court, Pierce County District Court and Tacoma Municipal Court"],"clause":"[OCR:] IV. Jury Service in the Pierce County Superior Court, Pierce County District Court and Tacoma Municipal court necessarily involves congregating in relatively close-proximity groups of 300 to 400 or more persons who come to court in response to a summons. Therefore, under the authority granted by Chief Justice Stephens\u0027 Order and the authority as the Pierce County Superior Court Presiding Judge; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: The Pierce County Superior Court shall enact policies to automatically excuse persons from jury service who are summoned and fit the public health criteria for high risk populations","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT courts (jury pools reduced; trials affected)"],"notes":"Filed in the County Clerk\u0027s office Mar. 12, 2020; reproduces Proclamation 20-07 in full. Pierce County Superior Court Emergency Orders 1 through 5 are incorporated by reference in Order 6 (MET-SEA-056).","sourceUrl":"https://www.piercecountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/90498/Emergency-Order-1","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1283285,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SEA","url":"/library/MET-SEA-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SEA-045","citation":"Pierce County Superior Court (Presiding Judge), Emergency Order #1: Order on Expanded Criteria for Excusing Jurors Based upon Public Health Emergency (Cause No. 20-2-05474-2) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-045)","stateName":"Washington","related":["MET-SEA-056","MET-SEA-046"]}