{"id":"MD-080","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland","authority":"Md. Const. art. IV, sec. 18; Md. Rules Title 16, Chapter 1000","instrument":"Administrative Order on the Statewide Suspension of Jury Trials (Mar. 12, 2020)","title":"Administrative Order on the Statewide Suspension of Jury Trials","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"Extended Apr. 3, 2020 and thereafter; jury trials resumed Oct. 5, 2020, re-suspended Nov. 16, 2020, resumed Apr. 26, 2021 (MD-085, MD-086, MD-088)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["Circuit Courts","litigants, jurors, counsel"],"clause":"(a) All civil and criminal jury trials in the Circuit Courts throughout the state of Maryland scheduled to begin on March 16, 2020, through April 3, 2020, shall be suspended on an emergency basis pending further Order of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals; and (b) In criminal matters with jury trials pending during the above time period, county administrative judges shall hold hearings as necessary to resolve Maryland Rule 4-271 issues in individual cases and to set a new trial date.","enforcement":"Administrative order binding on all Maryland courts","functions":["CT courts (litigation, collections, foreclosure, contract enforcement)","PJ legal projects","WF jurors"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/admin-orders-archive/archivedin2022/20200312suspensionofjurytrials.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":540849,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-080","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-080","citation":"Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Administrative Order on the Statewide Suspension of Jury Trials (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MD-080)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-085","MD-086","MD-088","MD-081","MD-082","MD-083","MD-084"]}