{"id":"WV-071","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia","authority":"W. Va. Const. art. VIII, sec. 3; W. Va. Code 2-2-2","instrument":"Administrative Order: Judicial Emergency Declared, Amended Order","title":"Judicial emergency extended through May 1, 2020; in-person proceedings and deadlines stayed; jury trials stayed; deadlines and limitations periods extended to May 4, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-04-03","effective":"2020-04-03","end":"Superseded by the Second Amended Order of Apr. 22, 2020","startDate":"2020-04-03","endDate":"2020-04-22","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all circuit, family and magistrate courts"],"clause":"a judicial emergency is declared for the day(s) of March 23, 2020, through May 1, 2020, in all fifty-five (55) counties in West Virginia. Pursuant to W. Va. Code 2-2-2(a), all in-person proceedings and court deadlines, except the emergency proceedings described and other proceedings authorized herein,... are stayed. All jury trials are stayed during this period of judicial emergency. Deadlines... that are set to expire between March 23, 2020, and May 1, 2020, are hereby extended to May 4, 2020. Statutes of limitations and statutes of repose... are hereby extended to May 4, 2020.... It is further ORDERED that circuit court judges and family court judges may conduct time-sensitive hearings via telephone or video conference in non-emergency matters...","enforcement":"Supervisory order","functions":["CT courts","SV","CRT"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"http://www.courtswv.gov/covid19/JudicialEmergencyDeclaredAmendedOrder4-3-20.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200411125325/http://www.courtswv.gov/covid19/JudicialEmergencyDeclaredAmendedOrder4-3-20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1677047,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-071","citation":"Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Administrative Order: Judicial Emergency Declared, Amended Order (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. WV-071)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["WV-070","WV-072","WV-073"]}