{"id":"MO-063","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Missouri (all State courts)","state":"MO","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Missouri","authority":"Mo. Const. art. V, secs. 4.1, 8","instrument":"Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings)","title":"Extension of the statewide suspension; phased operational directives with gateway criteria, distancing and masks","dateIssued":"2020-04-01","effective":"2020-04-01; mid-May 2020","end":"Operational Directives governed court operations into 2021 (end not verified)","startDate":"2020-04-01","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CRT","MASK"],"addressees":["all Missouri courts"],"clause":"","enforcement":"Supervisory orders","functions":["CT courts and clerks","SV dockets"],"notes":"Ballotpedia, State court closures 2020: \u0027May 4, 2020: The Missouri Supreme Court issued Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings... Directives included gateway criteria... such as no confirmed cases in the court facility within a 14 day period. In the operating phase, directives included social distancing measures and the use of face masks by employees and the public.\u0027 \u0027April 1, 2020: The Missouri Supreme Court extended their previous order suspending in-person proceedings through May 1.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://ballotpedia.org/State_court_closures_in_response_to_the_coronavirus_(COVID-19)_pandemic,_2020","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MO","url":"/library/MO-063","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Supreme Court of Missouri, Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. MO-063)","stateName":"Missouri","related":["MO-024"]}