{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-076","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts","authority":"SJC superintendence authority, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, § 3","instrument":"Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144)","title":"Persons diagnosed with, exposed to or symptomatic of coronavirus, persons asked to self-quarantine, and persons who had travelled to China, Italy, Iran, Japan or South Korea within 14 days (or who reside with them) barred from every Massachusetts state courthouse and court facility, including probation offices","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"Superseded by the SJC\u0027s Mar. 17, 2020 order closing courthouses to the public except for emergency matters and by the series of Updated Orders Regarding Court Operations (Apr. 1, Apr. 27, May 26, June 24, Sept. 17 and Nov. 30, 2020; Jan.-July 2021) through the Seventh Updated Order (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-080)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-03-17","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","TRAV","QUAR"],"addressees":["all persons entering Massachusetts state courthouses and court facilities","attorneys, jurors, probationers"],"clause":"In light of public health concerns arising from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and the State of Emergency declared by the Governor, the Court, pursuant to its superintendence authority, issues the following ORDER... Effective immediately, the following persons shall not enter any Massachusetts state courthouse or other state court facility, including, but not limited to, probation offices: Persons who have been diagnosed with, or have had contact with anyone who has been diagnosed with, coronavirus; Persons with apparent symptoms of coronavirus...; Persons who have been asked to self-quarantine...; Persons who have travelled to the following countries within the last fourteen (14) days: China, Italy, Iran, Japan, South Korea... Anyone attempting to enter in violation of this order will be denied entry by security.","enforcement":"Denial of entry by court security; SJC superintendence authority (G.L. c. 211, § 3)","functions":["CT courts and agencies","TRAV travel (international travellers excluded)","WF workforce (jurors and probationers)"],"notes":"This is the first SJC order in the OE-144 series.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/supreme-judicial-court-order-in-re-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-1","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200314190206/https://www.mass.gov/supreme-judicial-court-rules/supreme-judicial-court-order-in-re-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-1","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":121292,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-076","citation":"Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-080","AGY-ST-COURTS-077"]}