{"id":"PA-084","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)","authority":"Pa. Const. art. V, § 10(a); Pa. R.J.A. 1952(A)","instrument":"Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket","title":"In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"Declared until Apr. 14, 2020; extended through Apr. 30 (PA-087) and to June 1, 2020 (PA-088, PA-089); local judicial emergencies continued thereafter by president judges\u0027 orders","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-04-14","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all Pennsylvania courts and magisterial district judges","litigants and counsel"],"clause":"[Pursuant to Rule of Judicial] Administration 1952(A), this Court DECLARES a general, statewide judicial emergency until April 14, 2020, on account of COVID-19.... [President Judges are authorized to declare judicial] emergencies in their judicial districts through April 14, 2020, or for part of that period... 2. Upon the declaration of a judicial emergency in a particular judicial district, the [President Judge has the authority:] A. To suspend time calculations for the purposes of time computation [relevant to court cases or other judicial business]... [President Judges] HAVE THE AUTHORITY to suspend the operation of Rule of Criminal Procedure 600...","enforcement":"Supreme Court supervisory authority over the Unified Judicial System","functions":["CT courts, clerks, prothonotaries","CL closings dependent on court and recorder functions","SV foreclosure and collection litigation","PM eviction proceedings"],"notes":"Published at 50 Pa.B. (Mar. 28, 2020) (Doc. No. 531 Judicial Administration).","sourceUrl":"http://www.pacourts.us/assets/files/page-1305/file-8500.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200401000000/http://www.pacourts.us/assets/files/page-1305/file-8500.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":106546,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-084","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-084","citation":"Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-084)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-087","PA-088","PA-089","PA-085","PA-086"]}