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Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-069 Order Primary source read

Statewide Order by the Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, March 23, 2020

All jury trials in California suspended and continued for 60 days; criminal and civil trial deadlines extended 60 days; superior courts authorized to adopt emergency local rules without 45 days' notice

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council · Judicial Council of California; Chief Justice of California (statewide) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Judicial Council of California; Chief Justice of California (statewide) · California
Level
Court
Authority
Cal. Const. art. VI, § 6; Cal. Gov't Code § 68115
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23
End
2020-05-22 (60 days) as written; extended and modified by the statewide orders of Mar. 30, Apr. 29 and June 10, 2020, and by the county-by-county § 68115 orders through 2020-2021; local-rule provision rescinded Apr. 30, 2022 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-046) (read as 2020-05-22)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to May 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all superior courts of California
  • litigants, counsel, jurors and witnesses
Functions reached
  • CT courts and agencies (every California jury trial suspended; 40 million residents)
  • SV servicing and collections
  • CL closings
  • WF workforce (the order's own finding that school closures kept employees, litigants and jurors at home)
Collection
State courts AGY-ST-COURTS

Operative words

Courts cannot comply with these health restrictions and continue to operate as they have in the past. Court proceedings require gatherings of court staff, litigants, attorneys, witnesses, and juries, well in excess of the numbers allowed for gathering under current executive and health orders.... the closure of schools means that many court employees, litigants, witnesses, and potential jurors cannot leave their homes to attend court proceedings because they must stay home to supervise their children.... I find good cause to order that: 1. All jury trials are suspended and continued for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of this order.... 2. The time period provided in Penal Code section 1382 for the holding of a criminal trial is extended for a period of sixty (60) days... 3. The time period provided in Code of Civil Procedure sections 583.310 and 583.320 for the holding of a civil trial is extended for a period of sixty (60) days

Enforcement

Gov. Code § 68115; Cal. Const. art. VI, § 6

Notes

Saved here because this copy is on the Judicial Council's own newsroom server and the order is the anchor of the California chain. Cite CA-041 or this exhibit.

Retrieval note

Same instrument as CA-041.

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