Fourth Amendment to General Order 20-01

The record

Jurisdiction

United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta, Gainesville, Newnan, Rome) · Georgia

Level

Court

Authority

inherent authority; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A)

Issued

2020-07-31 July 31, 2020

Effective

2020-07-04 through 2020-07-31 (read as 2020-07-04)

End

2020-07-31 (further amended; General Order 20-04 amendments continued through Nov. 15, 2022 per the uscourts.gov listing) (read as 2020-07-31)

In force

July 4, 2020 to July 31, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• litigants, counsel, jurors in the Northern District of Georgia

Functions reached

• CT Atlanta's federal court: no jury trials Mar. 16 - July 31, 2020 and beyond
• CS

Collection

Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B

Operative words

General Order 20-01, dated March 16, 2020, and amended by orders dated March [and April 2020, addressed the exigent circumstances] created by the spread of COVID-19. The Third Amendment to General Order 20-01, entered May 26, 2020, extended the time periods specified in the Order through and including July 3, 2020.... As the adverse conditions giving rise to General Order 20-01 have not sufficiently resolved for the Court to return to normal operations, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that General Order 20-01, as amended, is further amended to extend the time periods specified therein through and including the date of July 31, 2020. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that while there will be no civil or criminal jury [trials during that period]...

Enforcement

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