Administrative Order 20-13 (Court Operations in Response to COVID-19)

The record

Jurisdiction

Clark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District) · Las Vegas and Reno · Nevada

Level

Court

Authority

EDCR 1.30(b); Nev. Const. art. 3 sec. 1; Galloway v. Truesdell; the Governor's Directive 010 (Mar. 31, 2020)

Issued

2020-04-16 Apr. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-04-16 (filed Apr. 17, 2020) (read as 2020-04-16)

End

'Thirty (30) days following the expiration of the March 12, 2020 Governor's Emergency Declaration or until modified or rescinded'; superseded by AO 20-17 (June 1, 2020)

In force

Apr. 16, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capCourts and public offices

Addressees

• all litigants, counsel, jurors and grand jurors

Functions reached

• CT all litigation functions
• CL professional-services client work dependent on courts

Collection

Las Vegas and Reno MET-LAS

Operative words

AO 20-01 through 20-12 will remain in effect and all 30-day deadlines in AO 20-01 through 20-12 will be extended until this order expires, is modified or is rescinded by subsequent order.... Jury trials remain suspended and no jurors will be summonsed. Trials will be rescheduled as the court calendar allows, beginning six weeks after this order is expires, is modified or rescinded.... The grand jury will also remain suspended.... Discovery deadlines... will be tolled from March 18, 2020, until thirty days after this order expires, is modified or is rescinded.... During the period that this order is in effect, no in-person depositions shall proceed except on stipulation or order... This order shall continue to toll the time for bringing a case to trial for the purposes of NRCP 41(e).

Enforcement

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