{"id":"MET-MSY-038","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; First and Second City Courts of New Orleans","state":"LA","metro":"MSY","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judges of the Civil District Court and of the First and Second City Courts","authority":"La. Const. art. V, § 1; La. R.S. 1:55; inherent powers; recommendation of the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court","instrument":"Civil District Court and First and Second City Court Emergency Order in Response to Public Health Crisis (COVID-19)","title":"Emergency Order: jury trials suspended, eviction hearings suspended, oral argument suspended (effective March 13 through April 13, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"2020-04-13 by its terms; superseded by the amended closure orders of Mar. 16 and 17, 2020 (Exs. 039-040)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-04-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["litigants, attorneys, jurors, landlords and tenants in Orleans Parish"],"clause":"the Civil District Court [and] the First and Second Court adopt the following emergency court procedures, effective March 13, 2020 through April 13, 2020: 1) All jury trials are suspended for the duration of this order, with further orders to follow; 2) Jurors who are scheduled to register for jury service on April 2, 2020 for service in May are not to appear in person...; 3) All contradictory matters shall be decided on the briefs. Oral argument is suspended except for good cause; 4) First and Second City Court have suspended all evictions hearings","enforcement":"Court order; contempt","functions":["CT courts (lawyers, litigants)","PM property management: evictions suspended","CL closings and title work dependent on court filings","SV lenders\u0027 collections and foreclosures"],"notes":"First of the Orleans civil court orders; eviction hearings suspended from Mar. 13, 2020.","sourceUrl":"http://orleanscdc.com/images/CDC,%20First%20and%20Second%20City%20Court%20Emergency%20Order%20(1).pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200929062046/http://orleanscdc.com/images/CDC,%20First%20and%20Second%20City%20Court%20Emergency%20Order%20(1).pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":355958,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-MSY","url":"/library/MET-MSY-038","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-MSY-038","citation":"Chief Judges of the Civil District Court and of the First and Second City Courts, Civil District Court and First and Second City Court Emergency Order in Response to Public Health Crisis (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSY-038)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":[]}