{"id":"MET-PHL-048","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)","state":"PA","metro":"PHL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court of Philadelphia)","authority":"Pa.R.J.A. 1952; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Order of Mar. 16, 2020, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket","instrument":"Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19","title":"First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"2020-04-01 by its terms; extended by Orders 9, 10 and 24 of 2020 (Exs. MET-PHL-050, 051) and superseded by the May 21, 2020 Amended Order 33 (Ex. MET-PHL-052)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-04-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all FJD courts and related offices; litigants, counsel, jurors, the public"],"clause":"the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (FJD) has ordered, effective March 17th, 2020, that all FJD courts and related offices, will be closed until April 1st, 2020, or until further order from the court, with the following exceptions:... Jury and non-jury trials, both criminal and civil, and preliminary hearings are suspended and will be rescheduled at a later date. Jurors DO NOT need to report for jury duty. All civil pre-trial conferences, case management conferences, diversion programs, discovery lists and trials are cancelled or postponed.... We have postponed sheriff sales scheduled in the month of March and we have suspended the issuance and enforcement of writs of possession.","enforcement":"Court administrative order","functions":["CT courts and clerks closed (law, title, lending, real estate)","CL closings and sheriff sales","SV collections, foreclosure and eviction enforcement"],"notes":"Reaches law firms, lenders, landlords, title companies, process servers, court reporters and every litigant","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.phila.gov/pdf/notices/2020/FJD-Closures-03-16-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":130888,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PHL","url":"/library/MET-PHL-048","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PHL-048","citation":"First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court of Philadelphia), Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-048)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["MET-PHL-050","MET-PHL-052"]}