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Ex. AZ-048 Order Primary source read

Administrative Order No. 2020-47

Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency

Arizona Supreme Court (Chief Justice Robert Brutinel) · Arizona (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Arizona
Level
Court
Authority
Ariz. Const. art. VI, secs. 3 and 5
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
2020-03-18 (replaced by AO 2020-48) (read as 2020-03-18)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 18, 2020
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all Arizona appellate, superior, justice and municipal courts
  • presiding superior court judges
  • clerks
Functions reached
  • CT courts and clerks
  • CL closings and litigation
  • PJ projects dependent on court process
Collection
Arizona AZ

Operative words

IT IS ORDERED that all in-person proceedings in all Arizona appellate, superior, justice and municipal courts [be limited to the greatest extent] possible consistent with core constitutional rights until further order of this court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that empaneling of new petit and grand juries scheduled for March 16, 2020 through March 31, 2020 be rescheduled.

Enforcement

Supreme Court administrative supervision; local rules suspended

Notes

First of the chain of court-limitation orders.

Retrieval note

Bracketed words supplied from the order's line 14-16 context.

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