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- Jurisdiction
- Hamilton County, Ohio · Cincinnati · Ohio
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Ohio Sup. R. 4 and 5 (administrative judge authority); R.C. 2945.72(H); Supreme Court of Ohio guidance of Mar. 30, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-04-06 Apr. 6, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-06
- End
- 2020-05-01 or further order (superseded by the Joint Amended Administrative Order effective June 1, 2020, Ex. MET-CIN-004) (read as 2020-05-01)
- In force
- Apr. 6, 2020 to May 1, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- the public
- attorneys, parties, witnesses
- Clerk of Courts
- Jury Commissioner
- Functions reached
- CT courts and clerks
- CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions
- OP office (in-person filings barred)
- Collection
- Cincinnati MET-CIN
Operative words
the March 24, 2020 Administrative Order is hereby extended until May 1, 2020, or until further order of the Court.... 1. Access to the Hamilton County Courthouse is hereby limited to those whom are conducting or are necessary to critical court proceedings.... 4. All civil filings, except for the emergency civil matters described herein, must be filed electronically... 7. The Chief Deputy Jury Commissioner is hereby ordered to suspend summons for petit juries until further order of the Court.
Enforcement
Court order; access controlled by Court Security and the Hamilton County Sheriff
Notes
'Critical court proceedings' limited to in-custody criminal sentencings, pleas, bond and probation hearings, TROs, civil stalking protection orders and pending garnishment hearings; all other civil and criminal matters continued; recites the ODH Stay at Home Order of Mar. 22, 2020 and its Apr. 2 extension to May 1.
Retrieval noteScanned image PDF; operative text read with Windows OCR.