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Emergency Administrative Order No. 2-2020

Emergency Administrative Order No. 2-2020 (emergency response to the threat to public health)

King County District Court (Presiding Judge) · King County District Court, Washington (serving the County and the cities of Auburn, Bellevue, Burien, Covington, Duvall, Kenmore, Redmond, Shoreline and Vashon Island) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
King County District Court, Washington (serving the County and the cities of Auburn, Bellevue, Burien, Covington, Duvall, Kenmore, Redmond, Shoreline and Vashon Island) · Seattle · Washington
Level
Court
Authority
Washington Supreme Court Order 25700-B-602 (Mar. 4, 2020); the County Public Health Order of Mar. 11, 2020 and the Mar. 16, 2020 gathering order
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 ('Effective Tuesday March 17, 2020'); jury summons suspended Mar. 17 - Apr. 27, 2020; jury trials Mar. 17 - Apr. 24, 2020 continued; all hearings of Mar. 17-19, 2020 postponed (read as 2020-03-17)
End
Superseded by Emergency Administrative Orders 3-2020 through 8-2020 (2020) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • litigants, jurors, counsel and the public in the 25 courtrooms of King County District Court
Functions reached
  • CT/CL courts (civil, small-claims, infraction and criminal calendars postponed; jury service suspended)
  • SV/PM collections and eviction-related dockets
Collection
Seattle MET-SEA

Operative words

Therefore, it is hereby ordered that A. Effective Tuesday March 17, 2020, all currently scheduled Community Court hearings will be postponed and rescheduled by the court clerks to another date. B. The District Court is suspending all jury summons for District Court effective March 17, 2020. Jury summons are suspended until April 27, 2020.... All jury trials scheduled from March 17 - April 24, 2020 will be continued to a later date.... C. All District Court hearings scheduled for March 17, 18, and 19, 2020, that were not previously rescheduled by Emergency Order 1 issued on March 12, 2020, except the in custody first and second appearance calendars, shall be postponed and rescheduled... [Recitals:] 6. On March 12, 2020, the King County District Court ordered a postponement and rescheduling of most court functions effective March 13, 2020 with limited exceptions. 7. Effective March 16, 2020, the Governor and King County Executive Dow Constantine ordered that all gatherings with over 50 participants are prohibited until further notice...

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Recites the Mar. 11, 2020 'parallel local Health Officer Order for King County to prohibit gatherings of fewer than 250 people unless measures are taken by event organizers to minimize risk' and the Mar. 16, 2020 order; the court's own postponement of most functions from Mar. 13, 2020.

Retrieval note

Signature-block date illegible in the text layer ('DATED this __ day of ___ 2020'); dated from its own terms (issued after Emergency Order 1 of Mar. 12, 2020 and before its Mar. 17, 2020 effective date).

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