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- Jurisdiction
- Second Judicial District (Denver District, County, Juvenile and Probate Courts), Colorado · Denver · Colorado
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Chief Justice Directive 95-01; Chief Justice order of July 24, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-12-31 Dec. 31, 2020
- Effective
- on issuance (read as 2020-12-31)
- End
- Superseded by the Fourth (2020), Fifth (Dec. 31, 2020) and Sixth (Jan. 25, 2021) Amended Orders (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Dec. 31, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- all courts of the Second Judicial District, jurors, litigants, counsel
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Denver MET-DEN
Operative words
On April 17, 2020 the Court issued Administrative Order 2020-04 finding that jurors would [be exposed to unacceptable risk]... Administrative Order 2020-04 was amended and extended on May 6, 2020 and again on June 15, 2020 with the directive that no jurors would be summoned to report for jury service before August 3, 2020 subject to waiver from the Chief Justice.... These procedures were adopted on August 2, 2020 in [CJO] 2020-08 'Chief Judge Order Regarding Second Judicial District Jury Call and Trial [Procedures]'... To date, the Second Judicial District is in Phase III of CJO 2020-08. We have successfully convened and completed 28 jury trials in District Court, 9 trials in County Court, and 3 trials in Juvenile Court.... Effective September 15, 2020 Colorado moved to a dial framework
Enforcement
Court administrative order
Notes
Recites the whole 2020 chronology of Denver jury operations and the State dial; the operative suspension is on the later pages (not transcribed).
Retrieval noteHosted in the Denver Probate Court folder; the order is the Chief Judge's district-wide order.