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Administrative Governing Board Order No. 9 of 2020

In re: Declaration [of] Judicial Emergency

Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District · First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court)

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Jurisdiction
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
Court
Authority
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Order of Mar. 16, 2020, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket; Pa.R.J.A. 1952(B)(2)
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17
End
2020-04-01 by its terms; extended to May 1, 2020 (Ex. MET-PHL-051) and by later continuation orders (Nos. 31, 36 and 38 of 2020, court index) through 2020; local judicial emergency continued into 2021 (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • the courts, litigants and the public of Philadelphia County
Functions reached
  • CT
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

AND NOW, this 17 day March, 2020, pursuant to the authority granted by the Supreme Court, by Order of March 16, 2020 at No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (attached), the undersigned DECLARES a judicial emergency in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania for the following period: March 17, 2020 to April 1, 2020. The specific actions taken pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule 1952(B)(2) shall be set forth in subsequent Orders. Additionally, the operation of Rule of Criminal Procedure 600 shall be suspended in the First Judicial District during the period of the local judicial emergency.

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Retrieval note

The court's COVID-19 page lists it under Mar. 23, 2020 (posting); the order is dated Mar. 17, 2020.