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Pandemic Management Order PMO-SJC-1 (original)

PMO-SJC-1: Revised Emergency Order and Notice from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Maine Supreme Judicial Court · Maine (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Maine
Level
Court
Authority
Me. Const. art. VI; 4 M.R.S. § 1
Issued
2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-03-30
End
Revised Apr. 14, Apr. 22, May 5, May 13, May 28, Oct. 8, 2020, Jan. 12 and May 6, 2021; rescinded June 2021 (PPMO-SJC-1) (read as 2020-10-08)
In force
Mar. 30, 2020 to Oct. 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • all courts, litigants, jurors and the public
Functions reached
  • CT
  • CL
  • SV
  • PM
  • OF
Collection
Maine ME

Operative words

Effective immediately, and continuing through May 1, 2020, unless otherwise ordered by the court, the following case types and proceedings will NOT be scheduled or heard: FED (Eviction, landlord/tenant); Disclosures; Foreclosures; Small Claims; Medical Malpractice proceedings including Panel Hearings; Family matters; Adoptions; Juvenile matters (unless the juvenile is being detained); Criminal matters (except as related to the incarceration of a defendant); All other nonjury civil matters including civil violations; All actions to recover personal property; All Violations Bureau hearings (traffic tickets)... All jury matters, civil and criminal, including grand jury proceedings, are [deferred]; LITIGANTS: If your jury trial is now scheduled between March 16 and May 29, [it is postponed]

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Establishes the PMO numbering system (PMO-SJC, PMO-TC).