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Ex. SEC-12-021 Order Primary source read

General Order No. 72

In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency

United States District Court for the Northern District of California · Northern District of California (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Northern District of California · California
Level
Court
Authority
Court's inherent authority; Fed. R. Civ. P. 77; Speedy Trial Act findings
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
Superseded by GO 72-2 (Apr. 30), 72-3 (May 21), 72-4 (June 24), 72-5 (July 23, 2020) and 2021 successors (read as 2020-07-23)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to July 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • the bar
  • litigants
  • the public
Functions reached
  • CT federal litigation in the Bay Area
Collection
Professional and Information Services SEC-12

Operative words

6. Case-by-case exceptions to any of these procedures may be ordered for non-jury matters at the discretion of the Court after consultation with counsel.

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Civil matters decided on the papers or by telephone/video; jury trials continued; courthouses closed to the public (summary from the order as read; quote the operative paragraphs from the exhibit before use)

Retrieval note

Exemplar of the federal district orders; the other districts' orders are indexed in SEC-12-019 and -022.

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