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Administrative Order No. 2020-06-05

Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (return to Phase 1)

Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr. · Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties) · Orlando · Florida
Level
Court
Authority
Fla. Const. art. V, sec. 2(d); Fla. Stat. 40.001, 43.26, 905.01; Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.215; AOSC20-23 (Amendments 1-4) and AOSC20-32
Issued
2020-06-26 June 26, 2020
Effective
2020-06-29
End
Superseded by AO 2020-06-06 (Jan. 14, 2021, nunc pro tunc Jan. 11, 2021), which vacated it
In force
June 29, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • everyone entering court facilities in Orange and Osceola Counties
Functions reached
  • CT courts and clerks (civil, family, probate, foreclosure, eviction, landlord-tenant)
  • WF jurors and witnesses
  • CL closings dependent on court filings
Collection
Orlando MET-ORL

Operative words

(1) Beginning June 29, 2020... the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court is transitioning from Phase 2 (limited in-person contact is authorized for certain purposes and requires use of protective measures) back to Phase 1 (in-person contact is inadvisable, court facilities are effectively closed to the public, and in-person proceedings are rare)... (5) Public access to court facilities is hereby limited to counsel for the parties and the litigants involved in an in-person or hybrid court proceeding, and visitors to the offices of the clerk of court.... (8)... All other jury proceedings, including grand jury proceedings, jury selection proceedings, and criminal and civil jury trials, shall remain suspended until 30 days after the chief judge... has determined that the circuit... has transitioned to Phase 2.

Enforcement

Sec. (6): symptomatic or exposed persons prohibited from entering any court facility (AO 2020-20)

Notes

Recites that the Circuit 'can no longer meet one of the five benchmark criteria', i.e., improving health conditions over 14 days.

Retrieval note

Jury trials in the Ninth Circuit were suspended from March 16, 2020 to February 15, 2021 (Exs. MET-ORL-042, -043).