Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)

The record

Jurisdiction

Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio

Level

Court

Authority

Sup. R. 5; Ohio Const. art. IV

Issued

2020-08-03 Aug. 3, 2020

Effective

2020-08-03

End

2020-09-17 (superseded by the resumption order) (read as 2020-09-17)

In force

Aug. 3, 2020 to Sept. 17, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all litigants, attorneys and jurors
• court personnel

Functions reached

• CT courts (jury trials stayed)
• OF
• CB litigants

Collection

Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

Whereas, on July 23, 2020, Lance Himes, Interim Director of the Ohio Department of Health, signed the Director's Order for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio;... Whereas, the number of COVID-19 cases in Cuyahoga County has increased since the Court's last Order. Specifically, the daily case count on April 28 was 73 and on July 28 was 168;... jury selection in this jurisdiction involves large jury venire pools... individuals responsible for children unable to attend school or daycare due to the pandemic... (the Court 'continued its stay on jury trials by order dated August 3, 2020', per the Sept. 17, 2020 order)

Enforcement

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