{"id":"FED-338","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer","authority":"inherent authority; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A)","instrument":"General Order 20-0012 (original)","title":"In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12 (\u0027effective immediately\u0027); mass gatherings suspended from Mar. 14, 2020; to be vacated or amended by Apr. 3, 2020","end":"amended ten times (Amended Mar. 30; Second Amended Apr. 2020; Third Amended Apr. 24; Fourth Amended May 26; Fifth Amended July 10; Sixth Amended Sept. 4; Eighth Amended Nov. 13, 2020; Ninth Amended Jan. 12, 2021; Tenth Amended Feb. 12, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-11-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["litigants, counsel, jurors and the public"],"clause":"hereby issues the following order effective immediately: 1. The United States Courthouses in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois will remain open for business, subject [to the following]... 2. The following events in the Northern District of Illinois, scheduled to begin before April 3, 2020, are continued pending further order of the Court: All civil jury trials [and civil and criminal bench trials, and criminal jury trials except as ordered]... 9. Effective March 14, all mass public gatherings, other than court proceedings, are suspended at both the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago and the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse [in Rockford]... 12. The Court will vacate or amend this General Order no later than April 3, 2020. Dated at Chicago, Illinois this 12th day of March, 2020","enforcement":"court order","functions":["CT the first of the Chicago federal court\u0027s COVID-19 orders; civil jury trials continued from Mar. 12, 2020"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/_assets/_documents/_forms/_clerksoffice/rules/pdf-orders/General%20Order%2020-0012%20-%20In%20Re%20Coronavirus%20COVID%2019%20Public%20Emergency.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":28633,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-338","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-338","citation":"Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, General Order 20-0012 (original) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-338)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["FED-296"]}