The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey · New Jersey
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- inherent authority; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A); CARES Act § 15002
- Issued
- 2020-11-25 Nov. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-25 through 2021-01-31 (as extended) (read as 2020-11-25)
- End
- 2021-01 (succeeded by Standing Order 21-02, Ex. FED-305) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Nov. 25, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants, counsel, jurors and the public
- Functions reached
- CT the federal court in New Jersey suspended all in-person proceedings for the winter 2020-21 resurgence
- CS
- Collection
- Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B
Operative words
WHEREAS, on June 25, 2020, New Jersey issued a travel advisory... [which] ballooned to 46 states and U.S. jurisdictions, as of November 17, 2020;... WHEREAS, on November 23, 2020, COVID-19-related hospitalizations in New Jersey [reached their highest level since May]... [ORDERED that all in-person judicial proceedings in the District, including criminal proceedings, are suspended]...
Enforcement
Notes
The Third Extension of Standing Order 20-12 (Ex. FED-304) recites that Standing Order 2020-17 suspended 'all in-person proceedings in this District, including criminal proceedings, through January 31, 2021.'
Retrieval noteRecitals quoted; the decretal paragraph summarized in brackets from the order's text.