{"id":"MET-MSY-070","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson","state":"LA","metro":"MSY","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach","authority":"La. Const. art. V, § 1; La. R.S. 1:55; Governor\u0027s and Parish President\u0027s emergency declarations; Louisiana Supreme Court emergency orders","instrument":"Order 2020-015 (Jury Trials)","title":"24th JDC jury-trial order: trials may recommence September 14, 2020 with one venire of 50 per day, Monday-Thursday, prioritization 30 days out","dateIssued":"2020-10-15","effective":"2020-09-14 (jury trials) / order posted Oct. 2020","end":"Superseded by 2021 orders","startDate":"2020-09-14","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CRT","CAP"],"addressees":["litigants, attorneys, jurors"],"clause":"1. Criminal and civil jury trials may recommence Monday, September 14, 2020. 2. Jury selection should proceed in the Honorable Henry G. Sullivan Jury Assembly Room with one venire of 50 prospective jurors each day, Monday through Thursday only.... Social distancing of not less than 6 feet should be observed at all times. 3. Jury trials scheduled in a division shall be placed on the 24th JDC online jury calendar for prioritization.","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT trial capacity rationed","CL"],"notes":"Rationed jury capacity (one venire of 50 per day) for the parish\u0027s district court through Q4 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.24jdc.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Order-2020-015-Jury-Trials.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201027012936/https://www.24jdc.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Order-2020-015-Jury-Trials.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":379348,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-MSY","url":"/library/MET-MSY-070","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-MSY-070","citation":"Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach, Order 2020-015 (Jury Trials) (Oct. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSY-070)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["MET-MSY-069"]}