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General Order 2020-GEN-009-00, Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re COVID-19 (Apr. 14, 2020)

Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-GEN-009-00)

Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile · Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles · Los Angeles · California
Level
Court
Authority
Cal. Gov't Code sec. 68115; Chief Justice's emergency orders of Mar. 20, 23 and 30 and Apr. 13, 2020; Judicial Council Emergency Rules 1-11 (Apr. 6, 2020); EO N-38-20
Issued
2020-04-14 Apr. 14, 2020
Effective
2020-04-17 through 2020-05-12 (read as 2020-04-17)
End
2020-05-12 (extended by 2020-GEN-011-00 (May 7) and 2020-GEN-012-00 (May 13, 2020) to June 10, 2020) (read as 2020-05-12)
In force
Apr. 17, 2020 to May 12, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • all courtrooms; litigants; jurors; the public
Functions reached
  • CT
  • CL unlawful detainer and civil filings
  • SV
  • PJ
  • CB
Collection
Los Angeles MET-LA

Operative words

1. From April 17, 2020 until May 12, 2020, inclusive, all courtrooms will remain closed for judicial business, except for the following time-sensitive, essential functions... [statutory deadlines that] would otherwise expire from April 17, 2020 to May 12, 2020, [are extended]... Beginning on March 16, 2020, California counties, including Los Angeles, began issuing shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders.

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Recites the Chief Justice's Mar. 23, 2020 order suspending jury trials for 60 days