{"id":"MS-058","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Mississippi","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Mississippi","authority":"Miss. Const. art. 6; the Court\u0027s administrative authority","instrument":"Emergency Administrative Order (March 13, 2020) and Emergency Administrative Order (March 16, 2020)","title":"Emergency administrative orders: courts remain open; judges may postpone trials through May 15, 2020; later orders on interactive equipment (Mar. 26, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"trial postponements through 2020-05-15 (first order); series continued through 2020-2021","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-05-15","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all State courts","litigants and counsel"],"clause":"As recited in the Biloxi Municipal Court\u0027s order (MS-074): \u0027The Mississippi Supreme Court later issued an \u0022Emergency Administrative Order\u0022 on March 13, 2020, in response and which has application to proceedings in the [Municipal] Court. This Order states that while courts \u0022will remain open for business to ensure\u0027 [the administration of justice, judges may continue matters].","enforcement":"Administrative order binding on the State\u0027s courts","functions":["CT courts and clerks","CL closings dependent on court calendars"],"notes":"Ballotpedia (court closures page): \u0027March 16, 2020: The Mississippi Supreme Court ordered that individual judges had the discretion to postpone trials on their docket through May 15, 2020\u0027; \u0027March 26, 2020:... ordered the suspension of a criminal procedure rule that prohibited the use of interactive equipment for probation violation hearings and felony sentencing.\u0027 Every Governor\u0027s order recites that \u0027all State Courts are open... consistent with administrative orders of the Supreme Court\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://courts.ms.gov/","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MS","url":"/library/MS-058","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Supreme Court of Mississippi, Emergency Administrative Order (March 13, 2020) and Emergency Administrative Order (March 16, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MS-058)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":["MS-074"]}