{"id":"CO-086","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Colorado, 7th Judicial District (Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel Counties)","state":"CO","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge, 7th Judicial District","authority":"Chief Justice Directives; C.R.S. § 13-5-101 et seq.; Chief Justice orders of Mar. 16, May 5, June 15 and July 24, 2020","instrument":"Administrative Order 2021-05","title":"Resuming, Scheduling and Conducting Jury Trials in the 7th Judicial District Commencing April 5, 2021 on a Phased In Basis","dateIssued":"2021-04-05","effective":"2021-04-05","end":"Continuing through 2021","startDate":"2021-04-05","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH","MASK"],"addressees":["courts, litigants, jurors and counsel in the 7th Judicial District"],"clause":"jury trials throughout the state of Colorado were suspended by the order of then Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats dated March 16, 2020, and as extended by the Chief Justice\u0027s orders of May 5, 2020 and June 15, 2020, which precluded any person being summoned to state courts to assemble for jury service to begin any time prior to August 3, 2020... On July 24, 2020, Chief Justice Coats issued an Updated Order Regarding COVID-19 and [Operation of Colorado State Courts permitting districts to] resume conducting jury trials after August 2, 2020, provided the Chief Judge of the district determined that a jury pool can safely be assembled... [the District] again suspended jury trials. AO 2020-16.... That Order was extended by AO 2020-20 [and by the order continuing] jury trials set though April 2, 2021 dated February 1, 2021... we are able to resume a limited numbers of jury trials in the 7th Judicial District with six to seven person jury panels beginning on April 5, 2021","enforcement":"District administrative order","functions":["CT courts and clerks","PJ litigation"],"notes":"Primary evidence of the statewide Chief Justice chain (Mar. 16, May 5, June 15, July 24, 2020) and of a district-level re-suspension of jury trials Nov. 2020-Apr. 2, 2021","sourceUrl":"https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/AO%202021-05%20Resuming%2C%20Scheduling%20and%20Conducting%20Jury%20Trials%20in%20the%207th%20Commencing%20April%205%2C%202021%20on%20Phased%20In%20Basis.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":629435,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CO","url":"/library/CO-086","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CO-086","citation":"Chief Judge, 7th Judicial District, Administrative Order 2021-05 (Apr. 5, 2021) (Ex. CO-086)","stateName":"Colorado","related":["CO-099"]}