{"id":"WI-027","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wisconsin Supreme Court","authority":"Wis. Const. art. VII, § 3","instrument":"Order, In re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 Pandemic","title":"Order extending the in-person suspension and jury-trial continuance for each circuit court until a chief-judge-approved operational plan; adopting the Task Force report","dateIssued":"2020-05-22","effective":"2020-05-22","end":"Amended Oct. 1, 2020 (WI-028); superseded May 21, 2021 (WI-029)","startDate":"2020-05-22","endDate":"2020-10-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all circuit and municipal courts","chief judges","litigants and counsel"],"clause":"WHEREAS the Task Force has concluded that fundamental requirements for a gradual resumption of in-person proceedings are (1) the use of face coverings by all individuals present in the courtroom, the jury room, or other court-related confined spaces, and (2) the practice of appropriate sanitation/hygiene... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the April 15, 2020 amended order \u0027In Re The Matter of Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 Pandemic\u0027 is extended for each circuit court until that circuit court shall have prepared an operational plan for the safe resumption of in-person proceedings and jury trials and the plan shall have been approved by the chief judge of the applicable judicial administrative district... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the March 22, 2020 order \u0027In Re the Matter of Jury Trials During the COVID-19 Pandemic\u0027 is extended for each circuit court until that circuit court shall have satisfied the requirements set forth below. The extension of this order means that all civil and criminal jury trials in each circuit court are continued until that circuit court shall have prepared an operational plan... approved by the chief judge","enforcement":"Supreme Court administrative order","functions":["CT courts county by county","MASK in court facilities","WF jurors"],"notes":"Temporary mailbox rule extended for all circuit courts until further order. The Ziegler concurrence to the May 21, 2021 order lists the orders this regime comprised.","sourceUrl":"https://www.wicourts.gov/news/docs/jurytrials2.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":442858,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WI","url":"/library/WI-027","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WI-027","citation":"Wisconsin Supreme Court, Order, In re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 22, 2020) (Ex. WI-027)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":["WI-028","WI-029","WI-025","WI-043","WI-030","WI-026"]}