{"id":"RI-079","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-15-2","instrument":"Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-04","title":"COVID-19 Pandemic Response","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"2020-04-17 by its terms; continued by Executive Order 2020-09 (Apr. 8, 2020) through May 17, 2020, and by successors (2020-12, superseded by 2021-04 on July 20, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-04-17","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all courts of the unified judicial system","litigants, jurors and counsel"],"clause":"Trials and Non-Essential Matters - Except for those matters specifically identified by court below as Emergency/Essential, all matters shall be continued as follows in accordance with the specific directives of the respective courts: 1. All Superior Court jury trials shall be continued until after April 17, 2020. 2. All Superior Court grand jury proceedings shall be suspended until after April 17, 2020. 3. All other matters in all courts within the unified judicial system shall be continued until after April 17, 2020. Emergency/Essential Matters - The following matters shall continue to be heard...","enforcement":"Order of the Chief Justice under § 8-15-2 binding on all State courts","functions":["CT courts closed to non-emergency matters","CL closings and title matters delayed","SV collections, evictions and foreclosures suspended","OF legal work"],"notes":"Every non-emergency civil and criminal matter in every Rhode Island State court was continued from March 17 to at least May 17, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/SupremeCourt/SupremeExecOrders/20-04.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200327195234/https://www.courts.ri.gov/Courts/SupremeCourt/SupremeExecOrders/20-04.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":178138,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"RI","url":"/library/RI-079","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/RI-079","citation":"Rhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell), Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. RI-079)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["RI-080","RI-081","RI-082","RI-083"]}