{"id":"NJ-095","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner)","authority":"N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3","instrument":"Supreme Court First Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (March 27, 2020)","title":"No new civil or criminal jury trials until further notice; grand jury sessions cancelled through April 26, 2020; tolling and excludable time; suspension of certain proceedings; deadlines extended, expressly based on \u0022provisions of Executive Order 107 (March 21, 2020)\u0022","dateIssued":"2020-03-27","effective":"2020-03-27 (immediately)","end":"Continued and modified by the Second Omnibus Order (Apr. 24, 2020) and successors through the Ninth Omnibus Order (Oct. 8, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-04-24","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all courts, attorneys and litigants in New Jersey"],"clause":"\u0022the New Jersey Judiciary has implemented various modifications to court operations, including an ongoing transition to video and phone proceedings instead of in-person appearances\u0022... \u0022the Court has entered a series of orders suspending certain court proceedings, extending deadlines, and tolling time periods because of the practical impossibility of continuing business as usual during this public health crisis.\u0022... \u0022the effective periods must be extended based on current restrictions on movement and activity recommended by the NJ DOH and CDC, as well as provisions of Executive Order 107 (March 21, 2020).\u0022... \u0022(1) JURIES a. No new civil or criminal jury trials will be conducted until further notice, as previously provided by notices dated March 12 and March 15, 2020; b.... All current grand jury sessions including for State Grand Jury are cancelled through April 26, 2020\u0022.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court; tolling under N.J.S.A. 2C:1-6(b) and 2A:162-22","functions":["CT courts (no jury trials; remote proceedings; tolling)","CS litigation practices and expert witnesses","CL real estate and lending matters in the courts (landlord-tenant, foreclosure)"],"notes":"The Judiciary\u0027s own finding of \u0022the practical impossibility of continuing business as usual\u0022 and its express reliance on EO 107.","sourceUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202032id_/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200327a.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200417202032/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200327a.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":784966,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-095","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-095","citation":"Supreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner), Supreme Court First Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (March 27, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. NJ-095)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-090","NJ-094"]}