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Ex. MET-CIN-004 Order Primary source read

Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered May 29, 2020)

In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court · Hamilton County, Ohio (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Hamilton County, Ohio · Cincinnati · Ohio
Level
Court
Authority
Ohio Sup. R. 4 and 5; R.C. 2945.72(H); Am. Sub. H.B. 197 sec. 22 (tolling); Chief Justice's guidance of Apr. 28 and May 7, 2020
Issued
2020-05-29 May 29, 2020
Effective
2020-06-01
End
2020-07-01 or further order (superseded by the June 17, 2020 order effective June 22, Ex. MET-CIN-010) (read as 2020-07-01)
In force
June 1, 2020 to July 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons entering Court Facilities
  • judges
  • Clerk of Courts
  • Jury Commissioner
Functions reached
  • CT courts and clerks
  • CL closings and collections (garnishment, eviction dockets)
  • OP office
  • WF county workforce
Collection
Cincinnati MET-CIN

Operative words

each Common Pleas and Municipal Court judge shall limit in-person proceedings to two days a week... no more than twenty (20) Municipal Court cases set at two-hour intervals and fifteen (15) Common Pleas cases, shall be scheduled and proceed before the assigned judge on each of two assigned days... 9. The Chief Deputy Jury Commissioner is hereby ordered to suspend summons for petit juries until further order of the Court. 10.... any person entering Court Facilities... shall... f.... at all times wear a face covering or mask... 12. This Joint Amended Administrative Order is effective June 1, 2020 and through July 1, 2020, or until further order of the Courts.

Enforcement

Court order; denial of entry; continuances liberally granted

Notes

Defines Court Facilities as the Courthouse, the Justice Center and the Times Star Building; in-person access limited to critical court proceedings; emergency civil matters filed in person at the Courthouse.

Retrieval note

Eight-page scanned PDF including the docket-day exhibit; OCR-read.