{"id":"FED-332","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States District Court for the Northern District of California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton","authority":"inherent authority; California and county health orders recited","instrument":"General Order 72-5","title":"In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-5)","dateIssued":"2020-07-23","effective":"2020-07-23","end":"2020-09-16 (superseded by General Order 72-6)","startDate":"2020-07-23","endDate":"2020-09-16","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["litigants, counsel, jurors"],"clause":"[WHEREAS the State\u0027s July 2020 orders limit] permissible in-court criminal proceedings to ten people, which necessarily precludes jury trials;... 1. No new jury trial will be conducted through September 30, 2020. Any jury trial currently scheduled to commence before October 1, 2020, will be postponed or vacated. However, individual judges may offer bench trials by videoconference in lieu of postponement. 2. Through September 30, 2020, all civil matters will be decided on the papers...","enforcement":"court order","functions":["CT the federal court records that a State order capping in-court proceedings at ten people \u0027necessarily precludes jury trials\u0027 (July 2020)"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/general-orders/GO_72-5_In_Re_Coronavirus_Disease_Public_Health_Emergency_7-23-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":110209,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-332","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-332","citation":"Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-5 (July 23, 2020) (Ex. FED-332)","stateName":"California","related":["FED-331","FED-336","FED-333","FED-330","FED-334","FED-318"]}