{"id":"MET-SEA-055","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"King County District Court, Washington (serving the County and the cities of Auburn, Bellevue, Burien, Covington, Duvall, Kenmore, Redmond, Shoreline and Vashon Island)","state":"WA","metro":"SEA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"King County District Court (Presiding Judge)","authority":"Washington Supreme Court Order 25700-B-602 (Mar. 4, 2020); the County Public Health Order of Mar. 11, 2020 and the Mar. 16, 2020 gathering order","instrument":"Emergency Administrative Order No. 2-2020","title":"Emergency Administrative Order No. 2-2020 (emergency response to the threat to public health)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-17 (\u0027Effective Tuesday March 17, 2020\u0027); jury summons suspended Mar. 17 - Apr. 27, 2020; jury trials Mar. 17 - Apr. 24, 2020 continued; all hearings of Mar. 17-19, 2020 postponed","end":"Superseded by Emergency Administrative Orders 3-2020 through 8-2020 (2020)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["litigants, jurors, counsel and the public in the 25 courtrooms of King County District Court"],"clause":"Therefore, it is hereby ordered that A. Effective Tuesday March 17, 2020, all currently scheduled Community Court hearings will be postponed and rescheduled by the court clerks to another date. B. The District Court is suspending all jury summons for District Court effective March 17, 2020. Jury summons are suspended until April 27, 2020.... All jury trials scheduled from March 17 - April 24, 2020 will be continued to a later date.... C. All District Court hearings scheduled for March 17, 18, and 19, 2020, that were not previously rescheduled by Emergency Order 1 issued on March 12, 2020, except the in custody first and second appearance calendars, shall be postponed and rescheduled... [Recitals:] 6. On March 12, 2020, the King County District Court ordered a postponement and rescheduling of most court functions effective March 13, 2020 with limited exceptions. 7. Effective March 16, 2020, the Governor and King County Executive Dow Constantine ordered that all gatherings with over 50 participants are prohibited until further notice...","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT/CL courts (civil, small-claims, infraction and criminal calendars postponed; jury service suspended)","SV/PM collections and eviction-related dockets"],"notes":"Recites the Mar. 11, 2020 \u0027parallel local Health Officer Order for King County to prohibit gatherings of fewer than 250 people unless measures are taken by event organizers to minimize risk\u0027 and the Mar. 16, 2020 order; the court\u0027s own postponement of most functions from Mar. 13, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/courts/DistrictCourt/pdfs/Emergency_Order_2-2020.ashx?la=en","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200513190704/https://www.kingcounty.gov/~/media/courts/DistrictCourt/pdfs/Emergency_Order_2-2020.ashx?la=en","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":193911,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SEA","url":"/library/MET-SEA-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SEA-055","citation":"King County District Court (Presiding Judge), Emergency Administrative Order No. 2-2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-055)","stateName":"Washington","related":[]}