{"id":"CO-056","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Colorado","state":"CO","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of Colorado","authority":"Colo. Const. art. VI, §§ 2, 5 (Chief Justice as executive head of the judicial system); C.R.S. § 13-3-101","instrument":"Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts","title":"Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 (\u0027Effective immediately\u0027)","end":"Jury calls suspended through Apr. 3, 2020; extended Apr. 16, 2020 (no jury service before June 1), May 5, 2020 (July 6) and June 15, 2020 (Aug. 3); Updated Order July 24, 2020 allowed trials after Aug. 2 where a jury pool could safely be assembled; district-level suspensions resumed Nov. 2020 through spring 2021","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH","TELE"],"addressees":["all Colorado state courts","chief judges of the judicial districts","litigants and jurors"],"clause":"Effective immediately, all jury calls in state courts, with the exception of jury calls for criminal trials facing imminent speedy trial deadlines, are suspended through April 3, 2020.... the Chief Judges of the various districts will make every effort to facilitate work from remote locations and to minimize or eliminate in-person proceedings and contact.","enforcement":"Administrative order binding on all state courts; chief judges\u0027 administrative orders implement it district by district","functions":["CT courts and clerks","CL closings and evictions (court process)","SV foreclosure and collections","PJ litigation projects"],"notes":"Essential matters (protection orders, bail, detention, shelter, emergency mental health) continued; everything else at the chief judges\u0027 discretion","sourceUrl":"https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/AO%202020-02%20COIVID-19%20(Coronavirus)%20Supreme%20Court%20Order.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":580845,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CO","url":"/library/CO-056","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CO-056","citation":"Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of Colorado, Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. CO-056)","stateName":"Colorado","related":["CO-099"]}