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Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-010 Order Primary source read

Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (June 30, 2020)

Statewide administrative order continuing the exclusion categories and requiring courts holding in-person proceedings to adopt screening, distancing, mask, sanitizer or sanitation measures; supersedes the March 12 and April 6, 2020 orders

Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court · Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide) · Nebraska
Level
Court
Authority
Neb. Const. art. V, § 1; Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2221
Issued
2020-06-30 June 30, 2020
Effective
2020-06-30
End
2020-11-03 (superseded by the November 2020 order, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-009) (read as 2020-11-03)
In force
June 30, 2020 to Nov. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all Nebraska courts and probation offices
  • attorneys, parties and witnesses
Functions reached
  • CT courts and agencies
  • WF workforce
  • OF office and administration
Collection
State courts AGY-ST-COURTS

Operative words

if a court or probation office is holding any in-person proceedings or meetings, the court or office shall outline, by local order or otherwise, at least one or more of the following measures to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 to staff, counsel, parties, and other participants: screening of individuals for symptoms and exposure to COVID-19, social distancing spacing requirements in courtrooms and offices, use of masks, providing hand sanitizer, and/or sanitizing highly touched surfaces... The March 12, 2020, and April 6, 2020, Administrative Orders are superseded by this order.

Enforcement

General administrative order binding on all courts and probation offices

Notes

Recites that 'the State of Nebraska's phased plan to loosen restrictions... have been implemented' while 'conditions in the State of Nebraska at this time still require precautions'.

Retrieval note

Filed June 30, 2020 (clerk's stamp); scanned PDF read by OCR.