{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-029","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Delaware Judiciary (statewide)","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz","authority":"10 Del. C. § 2004 (recited)","instrument":"Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021","title":"Release announcing the fifteenth 30-day extension, the June 1, 2021 return to Phase 3 with jury trials, the continued courthouse mask mandate and screening, and 100 percent staffing from July 6, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-05-26","effective":"2021-06-01 (Phase 3)","end":"2021-07-02 (extension); superseded by AO No. 22","startDate":"2021-06-01","endDate":"2021-07-02","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","CRT","MASK","CAP"],"addressees":["the public and the bar","judicial employees"],"clause":"While the move to Phase 3 of the Courts Reopening Plan on June 1 will allow many in-person proceedings including jury trials to resume... many COVID safety measures will remain in place for now.... Delaware court facilities will keep the mask mandate for all visitors. The Delaware Courts will also maintain temperature screenings and COVID screening questions at the entrances to all court facilities and continue to follow social distancing practices.... \u0027we still have a significant backlog of cases in some of our courts.\u0027","enforcement":"n/a (release); the order is AO No. 21 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060)","functions":["CT courts and agencies","WF workforce"],"notes":"States that jury trials had been restarted only once before (Oct. 5-Nov. 16, 2020, a single Kent County trial) before June 1, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=126668","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":91072,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-029","citation":"Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-060","AGY-ST-COURTS-040"]}