{"id":"MET-CLE-029","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"City of Cleveland, Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"CLE","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division","authority":"R.C. 1901; Sup. R. 5; R.C. 2945.72(H)","instrument":"Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)","title":"In re: Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-04-09","effective":"2020-04-09","end":"\u0027effective until further order of this Court\u0027; incorporated and extended by AO 2020-006 (June 8, 2020), AO 2020-008 (Sept. 15, 2020), the Nov. 20, 2020 updated order, AO 2021-002 and AO 2021-004; no terminating order found through Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2020-04-09","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","EMP","TELE","GATH"],"addressees":["all litigants, defendants, counsel and persons entering the courthouse","court employees"],"clause":"6. All non-jail misdemeanor arraignments, pretrials and trials are continued for good cause shown for ten weeks from last court date... 10. All criminal and civil jury trials are hereby suspended. 11. All civil proceedings, except emergency actions, are hereby continued. 12. All weddings are cancelled until further order of the Court... 13. All individuals, including Court judicial officers and personnel, desiring to enter the courthouse will be subject to health screening or testing and excluded from admission based upon the results of such screening or testing... 15. Employees of the court not on duty shall work, to the extent possible, remotely... 16. When the emergency subsides, the Court will enter an order declaring an end to the emergency and a resumption of normal operations.","enforcement":"Exclusion from the courthouse; continuances; speedy-trial tolling","functions":["CT courts (all civil proceedings continued; jury trials suspended)","OF telework of court staff","CB litigants, creditors and landlords in municipal civil matters"],"notes":"Recites the Apr. 2, 2020 Amended Director\u0027s Stay at Home Order and the first jail COVID case (Apr. 3, 2020). Three pages; pages 1-2 read.","sourceUrl":"https://clevelandmunicipalcourt.org/docs/default-source/admin-orders/amended-order-declaring-judicial-emergency.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":190053,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-CLE","url":"/library/MET-CLE-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-CLE-029","citation":"Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division, Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-029)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["MET-CLE-030","MET-CLE-031"]}