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Ex. MET-CLE-014 Order Primary source read

Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)

In re: Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division · Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio
Level
Court
Authority
Ohio Const. art. IV; Sup. R. 5; R.C. 2945.72(H) (speedy-trial tolling); Ohio Att'y Gen. Op. 2020-002 (Mar. 18, 2020)
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
'in effect until such time as the response to the COVID-19 local health crisis has resulted in control of the spread of the disease or otherwise until further order of the court'; extended Apr. 28, 2020 (to May 29) and May 26, 2020 (until the emergency subsides) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all litigants, attorneys, jurors and persons entering the courthouse
  • court personnel
  • Clerk of Courts
Functions reached
  • CT courts (jury trials and in-person civil proceedings suspended)
  • CL/SV foreclosure and collection actions stayed
  • OF law-office trial practice
  • CB litigants and creditors
Collection
Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

all criminal and civil jury trials are suspended for a period of 30 days, unless a criminal case implicates constitutional 'speedy trial' issues for which a waiver from the defendant has not been obtained... all in-person civil proceedings, except emergency actions, are suspended for a period of 30 days. Civil proceedings may be conducted via telephone at the discretion of each individual judge... All foreclosure cases are hereby stayed for a period of sixty (60) day[s]... All individuals, including Court judicial officers and personnel, desiring to enter the courthouse are subject to available health screening or testing and may be excluded from admission based upon the results of such screening or testing.

Enforcement

Exclusion from the courthouse; continuances; stays

Notes

Findings recite the Mar. 12, 2020 ODH mass-gathering order and that 'bars and restaurants were ordered to essentially cease operations other than delivery and take-out service.' Four pages.

Retrieval note

Scanned journal entry (no text layer); pages 1-2 read as images and the court's page quotes the operative paragraphs.