The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Eureka) · California
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- inherent authority; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A); Fed. R. Crim. P. 6
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16 ('effective immediately') (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- 2020-04-30 (superseded by General Order 72-2, Ex. FED-318); the series ran to General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) and was abrogated July 1, 2021 by General Order 78 (Ex. FED-337) (read as 2020-04-30)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants, counsel, jurors, grand jurors and the public
- Functions reached
- CT the federal court for Silicon Valley and San Francisco suspended jury and grand-jury proceedings from Mar. 16, 2020
- CS law firms, court reporters, process servers
- Collection
- Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B
Operative words
[Bay Area health officers have ordered the public to] postpone in-person events consisting of 50 people or more;... hereby issues the following Order, effective immediately: 1. No jury trial will be commenced before May 1, 2020. Any trial dates currently scheduled [before that date will be vacated]... 3. Appearances before the district judges may be waived or postponed, if required by [the parties' health]... 5. All grand jury proceedings in this district are suspended until May 1, 2020.
Enforcement