{"id":"NM-004","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New Mexico","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of New Mexico (Nakamura, C.J.)","authority":"Power of superintending control, N.M. Const. art. VI, Section 3","instrument":"Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-002","title":"In the Matter of Precautionary Measures for Court Operations in the New Mexico Judiciary During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"Superseded by Orders 20-8500-006 (Mar. 23), -013 (Apr. 16), -016 (May 8) and the PHE Court Protocols of July 6, 2020 (NM-025)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-07-06","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH","TRAV"],"addressees":["all State courts","judges, court personnel, jurors, attorneys, litigants and the public"],"clause":"all criminal jury trials... that have not yet commenced shall be suspended until April 30, 2020... All trials that are not required to be suspended under the terms of this order, all hearings, and other court-organized gatherings of any type and at any location shall be held in a manner that limits the gathering of individuals in a single, connected location within a courthouse or other building to no more than twenty-five (25) people... All judges shall have the discretion to authorize telephonic or audio-visual attendance","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court binding on every State court","functions":["CT courts","CL closings and litigation","OF law-firm operations","CB litigants"],"notes":"Recites the Mar. 12, 2020 Supreme Court directive suspending civil jury trials, out-of-State judicial travel and capping courthouse gatherings at 25, and the DOH order of Mar. 12 prohibiting mass gatherings of 100 or more.","sourceUrl":"https://supremecourt.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Order-No.-20-8500-002-In-the-Matter-of-Precautionary-Measures-for-Court-Operations-in-the-New-Mexico-Judiciary-during-the-COVID-19-Public-Health-Emergency-3.17.20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2422645,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NM","url":"/library/NM-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NM-004","citation":"Supreme Court of New Mexico (Nakamura, C.J.), Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-002 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NM-004)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":["NM-025","NM-074"]}