The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Franklin County, Ohio · Columbus · Ohio
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- R.C. ch. 1901; Sup. R. 4; ODH mass-gathering order of Mar. 12, 2020 (recited)
- Issued
- 2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16
- End
- 2020-04-20 (as stated) (read as 2020-04-20)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants
- landlords and tenants
- small-claims plaintiffs
- traffic defendants
- jurors
- Functions reached
- CT municipal court
- PM evictions suspended
- CL small claims suspended
- SV collections
- Collection
- Columbus MET-CMH
Operative words
all scheduled court hearings with the exception of prisoner cases will be continued to a date to be determined in the near future.... Eviction hearings will not take place for at least the next three weeks.... Scheduled hearings before Magistrates and Judges, except for prisoner cases, will [be rescheduled]... Jurors scheduled to report for jury service on March 16th are requested to stay home until or unless you are notified that your services are needed for a particular trial.... These plans will be in effect until April 20th.
Enforcement
Court operations plan; continuances entered by the court
Notes
Also suspended traffic arraignment court and 4C arraignment court for three weeks; couples with court weddings asked to reconsider.
Retrieval noteContemporaneously reported by NBC4 (WCMH) on Mar. 15, 2020.