Updated and Amended Memorandum: COVID-19 Contingency/Action Plan, Fairfax County Circuit Court Ordered Procedures

The record

Jurisdiction

Fairfax County, Virginia (19th Judicial Circuit) · Washington suburbs · Maryland

Level

Court

Authority

Supreme Court of Virginia Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020); the Circuit Court's Pandemic Policy Procedures

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-17

End

Extended and revised by later memoranda and the Supreme Court's successive judicial-emergency orders. (read as 2020-09-15)

In force

Mar. 17, 2020 to Sept. 15, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• litigants, counsel, jurors and the general public in Fairfax County Circuit Court

Functions reached

• CT courts and litigation calendars
• CL closings and recordings dependent on court process
• PJ legal-services projects
• CB clients with pending matters

Collection

Washington suburbs MET-DCM

Operative words

For the next thirty (30) days, the Circuit Court will only be hearing criminal arraignments; criminal bond motions and criminal and civil emergency motions as outlined below. A. CIVIL: 1. All civil jury trials are suspended for the next thirty (30) days through April 17, 2020... 2. All civil bench trials are suspended for the next thirty (30) days... 3. All Friday Motions Practice are suspended through April 17, 2020... B. [CRIMINAL:] 1. All criminal trials, both jury and bench, are suspended for the next thirty (30) days... 2. All criminal motions are suspended through April 17, 2020.

Enforcement

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