{"id":"DC-030","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Joint Committee on Judicial Administration for the District of Columbia Courts","authority":"D.C. Code 11-1701(b)(9), (c)(1), (d); the judicial-emergency tolling authority","instrument":"Joint Committee Order Regarding Operation of the DC Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency","title":"Order Regarding Operation of the DC Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-18","end":"Reaffirmed May 29, 2020; in force through 2021 (recited in every Superior Court general order through Sept. 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-05-29","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["the Court of Appeals and the Superior Court","all litigants"],"clause":"in light of the state of emergency in the District of Columbia as declared by Mayor Muriel Bowser on March 11, 2020, and the National Emergency as declared by President Donald J. Trump on March 13, 2020, court operations must be adjusted... THE JOINT COMMITTEE FURTHER CONSENTS and ORDERS, that the Chief [Judges have] the authority to issue additional orders extending the period during which deadlines are tolled or extended for all statutory and rules-based time limits in the D.C. Code","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT every deadline, statute of limitations and hearing in the District\u0027s courts"],"notes":"The judicial-emergency predicate for the Superior Court\u0027s tolling orders through November 2021","sourceUrl":"https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/divisionspdfs/committee%20on%20admissions%20pdf/Joint-Committee-on-Judicial-Administration-for-the-District-of-Columbia-Courts-March-18-2020-Order.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":807998,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DC","url":"/library/DC-030","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DC-030","citation":"Joint Committee on Judicial Administration for the District of Columbia Courts, Joint Committee Order Regarding Operation of the DC Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. DC-030)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":[]}