{"id":"MET-KC-050","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City and Independence courthouses","state":"MO","metro":"KC","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit","authority":"Presiding Judge\u0027s authority over the dockets of the Circuit; Missouri Supreme Court orders","instrument":"Administrative Order 2020-053","title":"In re: COVID-19 - suspension of jury impanelment and continuance of jury trials for the weeks of March 16 and 23, 2020; cancellation of nonessential court travel","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"2020-03-27 (superseded by AO 2020-064, Ex. MET-KC-052)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-03-27","quarters":[],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["Court Administrator","jurors","attorneys and parties"],"clause":"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, effective Monday, March 16, 2020 and continuing through Friday, March 27, 2020... 1. The Court Administrator is Ordered and authorized to suspend the impaneling of all jurors for the weeks of March 16, 2020 and March 23, 2020. All jury trials scheduled for the weeks of March 16, 2020 and March 23, 2020 are hereby continued","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT courts (jury trials; hearings)","CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions","PJ legal projects"],"notes":"Recites that Mayor Lucas \u0027has declared a State of Emergency\u0027; the first metro court instrument","sourceUrl":"https://www.16thcircuit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/2020-administrative-order/2020-053-covid-19.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":28197,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-KC","url":"/library/MET-KC-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-KC-050","citation":"Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-053 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-050)","stateName":"Missouri","related":["MET-KC-052","MET-KC-012","MET-KC-051","MET-KC-053","MET-KC-054","MET-KC-055","MET-KC-056"]}