{"id":"AK-055","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Alaska (statewide courts)","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger","authority":"Supreme Court Order No. 1957","instrument":"Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8210","title":"Special Order 8210, Update regarding COVID-19 and Jury Trials (all jury trials and in-person grand juries suspended until at least Jan. 4, 2021; all other proceedings remote whenever possible)","dateIssued":"2020-11-13","effective":"2020-11-13","end":"2021-01-04 (grand juries resumed Feb. 8, 2021 under 8234; misdemeanor trials Apr. 19, 2021 under 8242)","startDate":"2020-11-13","endDate":"2021-01-04","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CRT","TELE"],"addressees":["all courts, parties, jurors, the public"],"clause":"On November 12, Governor Dunleavy issued an emergency alert requiring all executive branch employees to work from home whenever feasible and urging other organizations that can operate remotely to allow their employees to work from home. To support this alert, the court system can suspend some proceedings that must be conducted in person and require court proceedings to be conducted remotely whenever possible.... 1. All jury trials are suspended until at least January 4, 2021.... 2. All in-person grand jury proceedings are suspended until at least January 4, 2021.... 3. All other court proceedings shall be conducted by teleconference or videoconference whenever possible.","enforcement":"Order of the Chief Justice","functions":["CT courts","OF telework (judicial recital of the Governor\u0027s alert)","CB"],"notes":"Primary-source recital of the Nov. 12, 2020 emergency alert (AK-102).","sourceUrl":"https://courts.alaska.gov/covid19/docs/socj-2020-8210.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":88601,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AK","url":"/library/AK-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AK-055","citation":"Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger, Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8210 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. AK-055)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["AK-102","AK-054"]}