{"id":"PA-085","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); issued at the request of the Secretary of Health (letter of Mar. 18, 2020)","instrument":"Administrative Order closing all Pennsylvania courts to the public (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)","title":"In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (courts closed to the public)","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-19 (through Apr. 3, 2020, subject to essential functions)","end":"Extended through Apr. 30, 2020 (PA-087); local operations restored from May 4 (PA-088); statewide emergency ceased June 1, 2020 (PA-089)","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all Pennsylvania courts","the public","litigants"],"clause":"(scanned original; per the Court\u0027s own Apr. 1, 2020 recital, PA-087:) On March 18, 2020, at the behest of Pennsylvania\u0027s Secretary of Health, the [Court directed the] statewide closure of the courts, except for essential services, for a period of [time through April 3, 2020], subject to General and Specific Directives and Exceptions designed, inter alia, to ensure the continuation of the courts\u0027 essential functions...","enforcement":"Supreme Court supervisory authority","functions":["CT","CL","SV","PM"],"notes":"Publicized by the Court\u0027s news release of Mar. 18, 2020 (\u0027Pennsylvania Supreme Court Closes Courts to the Public Statewide\u0027).","sourceUrl":"http://www.pacourts.us/assets/files/page-1305/file-8634.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200401000000/http://www.pacourts.us/assets/files/page-1305/file-8634.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":482738,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-085","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-085","citation":"Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Administrative Order closing all Pennsylvania courts to the public (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-085)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-087","PA-088","PA-089","PA-086","PA-084"]}