Wisconsin Court System COVID-19 page listing the Supreme Court's administrative orders, including 'In Re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Filed May 22, 2020)' and the March 22, 2020 remote-hearing order

The record

Jurisdiction

Wisconsin (statewide court system; context for Milwaukee and Dane County courts) · Milwaukee and Madison · Wisconsin

Level

Court

Authority

Wis. Const. art. VII, § 3; SCR ch. 70

Issued

2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020

Effective

2020-03-22 (statewide suspension of jury trials and most in-person proceedings to May 22, 2020; extended) (read as 2020-03-22)

End

Per the Supreme Court's later orders

In force

Mar. 22, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all circuit courts including Milwaukee and Dane Counties
• litigants and jurors

Functions reached

• CT courts, clerks (jury trials suspended; remote hearings)
• CL closings (remote oaths and depositions)

Collection

Milwaukee and Madison MET-MKE

Operative words

In Re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Filed May 22, 2020)... In Re the Matter of Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Filed March 22, 2020)

Enforcement

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