{"id":"TN-043","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee Supreme Court (Chief Justice Jeffrey S. Bivins)","authority":"Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49; Moore-Pennoyer v. State, 515 S.W.3d 271 (Tenn. 2017)","instrument":"In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Suspending In-Person Court Proceedings","title":"Order Suspending In-Person Court Proceedings (judicial state of emergency)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"Close of business Mar. 13, 2020","end":"Mar. 31, 2020; extended to Apr. 30 (Mar. 25 order), May 31 (Apr. 24 order), then district plans; jury trials suspended to July 3, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all state and local courts in Tennessee (municipal, juvenile, general sessions, trial and appellate)","judges, clerks, litigants"],"clause":"the Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court hereby declares a state of emergency for the Judicial Branch of Tennessee government... All in-person proceedings in all state and local courts in Tennessee, including but not limited to municipal, juvenile, general sessions, trial, and appellate courts, shall be suspended from the close of business on Friday, March 13, 2020, through Tuesday, March 31, 2020, subject to the exceptions below... Deadlines set forth in court rules, statutes, ordinances, administrative rules, or otherwise that are set to expire between March 13 and March 31, 2020 are hereby extended through April 6, 2020.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court binding on all courts and clerks; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49","functions":["CT courts closed to in-person proceedings (lawyers, lenders, landlords, insurers, title companies, collection agencies)","CL/OF filings and deadlines","GATH jurors and courthouse crowds"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/docs/covid-19_order.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200326132704/http://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/docs/covid-19_order.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":185310,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-043","citation":"Tennessee Supreme Court (Chief Justice Jeffrey S. Bivins), In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Suspending In-Person Court Proceedings (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. TN-043)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":[]}