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Ex. NJ-091Notice to the Bar, Municipal Courts - COVID-19 Coronavirus - Rescheduling of Court Sessions Scheduled March 16 - March 27, 2020Two-week suspension of all Municipal Court sessionsSupreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner) and Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the CourtsNew JerseyCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-092Notice, New Jersey Court Operations - COVID-19 Coronavirus: Rescheduling of In-Court Proceedings Scheduled for the Week Beginning Monday, March 16, 2020; Continuation of All Critical FunctionsPostponement of all in-person trial-level proceedings in the Superior Court and Tax Court; shift to video and phone; ongoing jury trials…New Jersey Judiciary (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner; Acting Administrative Director Glenn A. Grant)New JerseyCourtMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-094Supreme Court Order of March 16, 2020 (Rules 7:6-3 and 7:12-3 relaxed)Pleas by mail in the municipal courts without the "undue hardship" showing, to apply social distancingSupreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner)New JerseyCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-090Supreme Court Order of March 17, 2020 (grand juries)Postponement of all grand jury empanelment dates and cancellation of all grand jury sessions, March 17 - 27, 2020Supreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner)New JerseyCourtMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-095Supreme Court First Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (March 27, 2020)No new civil or criminal jury trials until further notice; grand jury sessions cancelled through April 26, 2020; tolling and excludable…Supreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner)New JerseyCourtMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-042Omnibus Order of Mar. 27, 2020Omnibus Order on court operations during the COVID-19 crisisSupreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner)New JerseyCourtMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-096Supreme Court Second Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (April 24, 2020), with Notice to the BarJury trials and grand juries suspended through May 31, 2020; landlord-tenant trials suspended through May 31, 2020 and residential lockouts…Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D.New JerseyCourtApr. 24, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-302Standing Order 20-13In re: Use of Face Coverings/Masks Due to COVID-19Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Newark, Trenton, Camden)CourtMay 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-097Notice to the Bar, Virtual Grand Jury Pilot Program - Consent Not Required to Proceed (with Supreme Court Order of June 4, 2020)Virtual (video) grand jury pilot (authorized May 14, 2020) expanded: defendant consent no longer requiredHon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts (transmitting the Supreme Court's June 4, 2020 Order)New JerseyCourtJune 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-099Supreme Court Seventh Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (July 24, 2020)New jury selections and jury trials authorized on or after September 21, 2020 with primarily virtual selection and socially distanced…Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by the Acting Administrative DirectorNew JerseyCourtJuly 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-100Supreme Court Order of November 16, 2020 (suspension of new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions)Winter re-tightening in the courts: new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions suspended "because of the second wave of the…Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D.New JerseyCourtNov. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-303Standing Order 20-17In re: Suspension of In-Person Judicial Proceedings and Modification of Second Extension of Standing Order 2020-12, Due to the Resurgence of…Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtNov. 25, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-039Robinson v. Murphy, No. 20A95 (miscellaneous order; order list of Dec. 15, 2020)Order treating the application as a petition for certiorari before judgment, granting it, vacating the Oct. 2, 2020 order of the District of…Supreme Court of the United StatesUnited States (New Jersey orders)CourtDec. 15, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. FED-304Third Extension of Standing Order 20-12In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Third Extension of Standing Order 2020-12)Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtDec. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-306Standing Order 21-04In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (jury trials and grand juries)Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtMar. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-305Standing Order 21-02In re: Further Suspension of In-Person Judicial Proceedings and Limitations of Grand Jury Proceedings Due to COVID-19Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtMar. 17, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-307Updated Amended Standing Order 21-04In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Updated Amended, Sept. 3, 2021)Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtSept. 3, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-308Standing Order 21-08In re: COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Requirements of Visitors to Court Facilities and of Federal Detainees in the District of New JerseyChief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtSept. 13, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-013JWC Fitness, LLC v. Murphy, No. A-0639-20 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 18, 2021) (approved for publication)JWC Fitness, LLC v. Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al.: no statutory or constitutional compensation for the closure and…Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (published opinion, Docket No. A-0639-20; on appeal from the Law Division, Sussex County, L-0388-20)New JerseyCourtOct. 18, 2021Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitOtherPrimary source read
Ex. FED-309Standing Order 21-11In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtDec. 29, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read