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- Jurisdiction
- Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; First and Second City Courts · New Orleans and Baton Rouge · Louisiana
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- La. Const. art. V, § 1; Governor's Proclamations 25 JBE 2020 and 209 JBE 2020; Louisiana Supreme Court Order of Apr. 6, 2020 as amended through Jan. 11, 2021; inherent powers
- Issued
- 2021-01-12 Jan. 12, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-01-12
- End
- 2021-03-01 (jury trials); amended Feb. 11, 2021 (Ex. 045) (read as 2021-03-01)
- In force
- Jan. 12, 2021 to Mar. 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants, attorneys, jurors, the public
- Functions reached
- Collection
- New Orleans and Baton Rouge MET-MSY
Operative words
1. All civil jury trials are suspended until March 1, 2021.... 2. All civil hearings, pre-trial, and post-trial proceedings, scheduled between January 11, 2021 and March 1, 2021 may proceed by in-person proceedings, or via video conference via Zoom or Skype platform, with the consent of the parties and the judge.... 4. All individuals seeking entry into the courthouse will be pre-screened. Pre-screening will include a temperature scan
Enforcement
Notes
Winter 2020-21 re-tightening reached the civil courts: no civil jury trials Jan. 12 - Mar. 1, 2021.
Retrieval noteScanned order; page 1 read by rendering to PNG.