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Ex. SEC-12-GM-122 Organizer notice Primary source read

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Federal Judiciary Confronts Coronavirus Spread: Judicial Conference Acts on Court Administration Matters" (Mar. 17, 2020): the Conference "convened by teleconference"; "In-person court training has been cancelled through May 31, 2020"

Jury trials, in-person hearings, oral arguments and courthouse access (class): the public proceedings on which litigation revenue and calendars depend

federal and State courts · every courthouse (Organizer)

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The record

Jurisdiction
every courthouse
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 (the notice's date)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Functions reached
  • CT
  • CB
  • OF
  • HR
  • EV
Collection
Professional and Information Services SEC-12

Operative words

The Judicial Conference found on Mar. 29, 2020 that "emergency conditions... will materially affect the functioning of the federal courts generally" (SEC-12-020)

The organizer's notice

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, "Federal Judiciary Confronts Coronavirus Spread: Judicial Conference Acts on Court Administration Matters" (Mar. 17, 2020): the Conference "convened by teleconference"; "In-person court training has been cancelled through May 31, 2020"

Notes

2020: Jury trials suspended and courthouses closed to the public by the Supreme Court of the United States (Mar. 16, 2020), the federal districts (N.D. Cal. General Order 72 and the uscourts.gov index), the Tax Court (sessions cancelled Mar. 13; building closed Mar. 18, 2020) and the State supreme courts (New York, Georgia, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida, Washington, Hawaii, Louisiana, Minnesota, Tennessee, Colorado) The Judicial Conference of the United States, "the Judiciary's administrative policy-making body, convened by teleconference" for its Mar. 17, 2020 semiannual meeting, "allowing its regular scheduled biannual meeting to continue with Conference members calling from all 13 circuits"; "In-person court training has been cancelled through May 31, 2020" (uscourts.gov release, Mar. 17, 2020; Ex. SEC-12-GM-122, P). 2021: Conditional resumption orders with capacity, masking and juror-screening conditions through Q3 2021 (uscourts.gov index snapshot Sept. 15, 2021, SEC-12-022; Texas Fortieth Emergency Order; Arizona AO 2021-109; Hawaii postponements Aug.-Sept. 2021; Tax Court Fall 2021 sessions remote). Usual dates: Daily. Scale: industry-wide. Venue orders 2020: SEC-12-018, SEC-12-019, SEC-12-020, SEC-12-021, SEC-12-024, SEC-12-087, SEC-12-033, SEC-12-034, SEC-12-035, SEC-12-036, SEC-12-037, SEC-12-039, SEC-12-040, SEC-12-042, SEC-12-044, GA-062, WA-092, HI-036, HI-038, LA-063, MN-046, AZ-053, MET-CLE-014. Venue orders 2021: SEC-12-022, SEC-12-084, SEC-12-085, SEC-12-088, HI-068, HI-069, AZ-059, GA-064, MET-HOU-051, MET-HOU-054, MET-ORL-047, DC-061. Also cancelled by this notice: Judicial Conference of the United States semiannual meeting of March 17, 2020, and federal judiciary in-person training and conferences (the bench-bar calendar of federal litigators) (Washington (Supreme Court building), DC; usual dates March and September (semiannual); venue orders 2020: DC-003, DC-004, DC-005, DC-006, SEC-12-018, SEC-12-020; venue orders 2021: DC-057, SEC-12-022, ECO-C-136).