The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Ohio Const. art. IV; R.C. 2301.04; Sup. R. 5 and 14 (administrative authority); the Court's administrative orders of Mar. 16, Apr. 28 and May 26, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-07-01 July 1, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-26 (face coverings and screening) through Q3 2021 (rules re-stated Aug. 5, 2021) (read as 2020-05-26)
- End
- Face coverings for the public remained required through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond (Aug. 5, 2021 rules) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- May 26, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons entering the Justice Center
- attorneys
- jurors
- court employees
- Functions reached
- CT courts (jury trials suspended; 15-person courtroom cap; remote hearings 'whenever possible')
- CS client meetings at the courthouse
- OF law-office litigation practice
- CB litigants
- Collection
- Cleveland MET-CLE
Operative words
Face coverings MUST be worn when inside the Justice Center. If a person arrives without face covering, a mask will be provided... Members of the public can enter the Justice Center only through the Ontario Street doors where they will have their temperature taken and will be asked a series of COVID-19 questions... Courtrooms will be limited to 15 people, not including Court and county staff... The Common Pleas Court Judges have agreed to suspend jury trials until at least July 30, 2020, unless a person's Constitutional right to a speedy trial is at stake. This includes both criminal and civil trials.
Enforcement
Exclusion from the Justice Center on screening or refusal to mask
Notes
The July 1, 2021 version of the same page: 'Face coverings are still required inside the Justice Center, and other Common Pleas Court buildings (Juvenile Justice Center, old Courthouse, Courthouse Square), by members of the public... Common Pleas Court staff are not required to wear masks if they provide proof of vaccination... jury trials resumed on April 26, 2021.'
Retrieval noteCourt's own page, captured nearest July 1, 2020, fetched Sept. 26, 2026 and rendered to PDF with headless Edge. Later versions (Nov. 1, 2020; July 1, 2021) read and quoted in notes.