{"id":"MA-072","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Judicial Court and Executive Office of the Trial Court (index page of the Massachusetts Court System)","authority":"SJC superintendence authority, G.L. c. 211, s. 3","instrument":"Court System Response to COVID-19 (guide) listing the SJC and Trial Court orders","title":"Court system response to COVID-19: orders and announcements (Wayback capture July 1, 2020; 2021 capture read for the later orders)","dateIssued":"2020-07-01","effective":"n/a (index)","end":"n/a","startDate":"2020-07-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all State courts, litigants, attorneys and the public"],"clause":"Listed orders (July 1, 2020 capture): \u0027Supreme Judicial Court Order regarding access to state courthouses \u0026 court facilities in re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, (issued and effective March 13, 2020)\u0027; \u0027Supreme Judicial Court third updated order regarding court operations under the exigent circumstances created by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic (issued June 24, 2020, effective July 1, 2020)\u0027; \u0027Supreme Judicial Court Issues Order Regarding State Court Operations in June During the Pandemic, May 26, 2020\u0027; \u0027Trial Court Emergency Administrative Order 20-11... (effective July 1, 2020)\u0027; \u0027Boston Municipal Court Standing Order 8-20: Phased partial reopening of Boston Municipal Courthouses... (effective July 1, 2020)\u0027; \u0027Housing Court Non-Emergency Cases will be re-scheduled to after April 21, 2020, March 16, 2020\u0027. (July 1, 2021 capture): \u0027The Supreme Judicial Court has authorized 12-person juries as of May 1, 2021\u0027; \u0027Supreme Judicial Court seventh updated order regarding court operations under the exigent circumstances\u0027; \u0027Supreme Judicial Court sixth updated order\u0027; \u0027Supreme Judicial Court fourth order regarding public access to state courthouses\u0027; \u0027Trial Court Omnibus Order of rescission of certain Trial Court Emergency Administrative Orders in light of the expiration of the state of emergency\u0027; \u0027Use of masks and social distancing continues.\u0027","enforcement":"SJC orders binding on all courts","functions":["CT/CL court hearings, jury trials, evictions, foreclosures, closings and recordings dependent on court operations","CRT public access to courthouses"],"notes":"The Judiciary\u0027s own index establishes their existence and dates.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/guides/court-system-response-to-covid-19","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200701192129/https://www.mass.gov/guides/court-system-response-to-covid-19","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":582878,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-072","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-072","citation":"Supreme Judicial Court and Executive Office of the Trial Court (index page of the Massachusetts Court System), Court System Response to COVID-19 (guide) listing the SJC and Trial Court orders (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MA-072)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}