General Order 20-0012 (original)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · Illinois

Level

Court

Authority

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

Issued

2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020

Effective

2020-03-12 ('effective immediately'); mass gatherings suspended from Mar. 14, 2020; to be vacated or amended by Apr. 3, 2020 (read as 2020-03-12)

End

amended ten times (Amended Mar. 30; Second Amended Apr. 2020; Third Amended Apr. 24; Fourth Amended May 26; Fifth Amended July 10; Sixth Amended Sept. 4; Eighth Amended Nov. 13, 2020; Ninth Amended Jan. 12, 2021; Tenth Amended Feb. 12, 2021) (read as 2020-11-13)

In force

Mar. 12, 2020 to Nov. 13, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capCourts and public offices

Addressees

• litigants, counsel, jurors and the public

Functions reached

• CT the first of the Chicago federal court's COVID-19 orders; civil jury trials continued from Mar. 12, 2020

Collection

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

Operative words

hereby issues the following order effective immediately: 1. The United States Courthouses in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois will remain open for business, subject [to the following]... 2. The following events in the Northern District of Illinois, scheduled to begin before April 3, 2020, are continued pending further order of the Court: All civil jury trials [and civil and criminal bench trials, and criminal jury trials except as ordered]... 9. Effective March 14, all mass public gatherings, other than court proceedings, are suspended at both the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago and the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse [in Rockford]... 12. The Court will vacate or amend this General Order no later than April 3, 2020. Dated at Chicago, Illinois this 12th day of March, 2020

Enforcement