Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Cleveland, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio

Level

Court

Authority

R.C. 1901; Sup. R. 5; R.C. 2945.72(H)

Issued

2020-04-09 Apr. 9, 2020

Effective

2020-04-09

End

'effective until further order of this Court'; incorporated and extended by AO 2020-006 (June 8, 2020), AO 2020-008 (Sept. 15, 2020), the Nov. 20, 2020 updated order, AO 2021-002 and AO 2021-004; no terminating order found through Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Apr. 9, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all litigants, defendants, counsel and persons entering the courthouse
• court employees

Functions reached

• CT courts (all civil proceedings continued; jury trials suspended)
• OF telework of court staff
• CB litigants, creditors and landlords in municipal civil matters

Collection

Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

6. All non-jail misdemeanor arraignments, pretrials and trials are continued for good cause shown for ten weeks from last court date... 10. All criminal and civil jury trials are hereby suspended. 11. All civil proceedings, except emergency actions, are hereby continued. 12. All weddings are cancelled until further order of the Court... 13. All individuals, including Court judicial officers and personnel, desiring to enter the courthouse will be subject to health screening or testing and excluded from admission based upon the results of such screening or testing... 15. Employees of the court not on duty shall work, to the extent possible, remotely... 16. When the emergency subsides, the Court will enter an order declaring an end to the emergency and a resumption of normal operations.

Enforcement

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