{"id":"TN-048","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee Supreme Court","authority":"Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49","instrument":"In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Extending State of Emergency, Suspension of Jury Trials, and Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings","title":"Order Extending State of Emergency, Suspension of Jury Trials, and Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings","dateIssued":"2021-01-15","effective":"Jan. 15, 2021","end":"Jury trials through Mar. 31, 2021; in-person suspension modified by the Feb. 12, 2021 order (lifted Mar. 1 for termination-of-parental-rights cases and Mar. 15, 2021 for all others)","startDate":"2021-01-15","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all state and local courts"],"clause":"In light of the continued record number of COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations and deaths in Tennessee and the Governor\u0027s issuance of Executive Order 73 on December 22, 2020... 1) The suspension of all jury trials is extended through the close of business on Wednesday, March 31, 2021... 2) The suspension of all in-person proceedings in all state and local courts in Tennessee... is extended through the close of business on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 [as later modified]... 3) All other provisions of the Court\u0027s December 22, 2020 order shall remain in full force and effect.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT courts closed to in-person proceedings and jury trials through 2021 Q1"],"notes":"Ties the judicial suspension to the Governor\u0027s EO 73","sourceUrl":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/docs/covid-19_order_-_1-15-2021.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210518211014/https://www.hamiltontn.gov/PDF/courts/COVID-19%20Order%2001152021.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":278966,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-048","citation":"Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Extending State of Emergency, Suspension of Jury Trials, and Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. TN-048)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-047","TN-049","TN-046"]}