{"id":"NJ-100","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D.","authority":"N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3","instrument":"Supreme Court Order of November 16, 2020 (suspension of new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions)","title":"Winter re-tightening in the courts: new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions suspended \u0022because of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic\u0022; courts continue \u0022in a primarily remote format\u0022; excludable time extended 45 days","dateIssued":"2020-11-16","effective":"2020-11-16 \u0022until further order\u0022","end":"","startDate":"2020-11-16","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all courts, attorneys, litigants and jurors"],"clause":"\u0022The Supreme Court has immediately suspended new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions because of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Court\u0027s November 16, 2020 Order (attached) is effective immediately and until further order.\u0022... \u0022Consistent with the Court\u0027s October 8, 2020 Ninth Omnibus Order, virtual grand juries have been established in all counties.\u0022... \u0022The New Jersey Courts will continue to operate in a primarily remote format with limited numbers of judges and court employees on-site and very few court events handled in person.\u0022 Order recital: \u0022the Supreme Court has authorized various adjustments to court operations as set forth in a series of Omnibus Orders, starting with its March 27, 2020 First Omnibus Order and continuing through its October 8, 2020 Ninth Omnibus Order.\u0022","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT courts (no new in-person jury trials from Nov. 16, 2020; primarily remote operations into 2021)","CS litigation and trial practices","CL court-dependent real estate and lending matters"],"notes":"The Judiciary\u0027s own words for Q4 2020 and Q1 2021: \u0022primarily remote format... very few court events handled in person.\u0022","sourceUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201116211822id_/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n201116a.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201116211822/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n201116a.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":740019,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-100","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-100","citation":"Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D, Supreme Court Order of November 16, 2020 (suspension of new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions) (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. NJ-100)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-090","NJ-099"]}