{"id":"WY-003","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Wyoming","state":"WY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wyoming Supreme Court (Chief Justice Michael K. Davis)","authority":"Wyo. Const. art. V, sec. 2 (inherent and superintending powers)","instrument":"News release announcing the Order Adopting Temporary Plan to Address Health Risks Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic","title":"Wyoming Supreme Court Issues COVID-19 Emergency Order","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-18 (order effective at the close of business March 18, 2020; proceedings suspended from March 23 per contemporaneous reporting)","end":"Temporary Plan extended repeatedly; terminated effective 2023-02-01 (WY-062)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2023-02-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all District and Circuit Courts","litigants and the public"],"clause":"The Order advises all District and Circuit Courts to suspend in-person proceedings, except in certain specified circumstances where required by law and the constitution. Judges are encouraged to use video or telephone conferencing to the extent possible, all civil trials should be rescheduled, and reasonable attempts should be made to reschedule all criminal trials","enforcement":"Administrative order of the State\u0027s highest court binding on the judicial branch","functions":["CT courts, clerks and hearings for every litigant, lender, landlord, contractor and law firm","OP office operations of the bar"],"notes":"The court\u0027s own contemporaneous description of the March 18, 2020 order; the order text is recited and superseded in WY-019 and its history is recited in WY-062.","sourceUrl":"http://www.courts.state.wy.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/News-Release-Announcing-COVID19-Emergency-Order.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200329030622/http://www.courts.state.wy.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/News-Release-Announcing-COVID19-Emergency-Order.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":63058,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WY","url":"/library/WY-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WY-003","citation":"Wyoming Supreme Court (Chief Justice Michael K. Davis), News release announcing the Order Adopting Temporary Plan to Address Health Risks Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. WY-003)","stateName":"Wyoming","related":["WY-062","WY-019"]}