{"id":"WY-019","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Wyoming","state":"WY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wyoming Supreme Court","authority":"Wyo. Const. art. V, sec. 2","instrument":"Fourth Order Amending March 18, 2020 Temporary Plan to Address Health Risks Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic","title":"In the Matter of the Wyoming Supreme Court\u0027s Temporary Plan Regarding COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-06-12","effective":"2020-06-12 (restating the plan in force since March 18, 2020)","end":"2020-08-03 for the jury-trial moratorium; the Temporary Plan continued as later amended to 2023-02-01","startDate":"2020-06-12","endDate":"2020-08-03","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all Circuit and District Courts and the Supreme Court","litigants, jurors, counsel"],"clause":"1. No jury trials should be conducted prior to August 3, 2020. All in-person proceedings in all Circuit and District Courts and the Supreme Court in Wyoming should be suspended from the close of business on March 18, 2020 to August 3, 2020, except those set forth below: a. Proceedings necessary to protect constitutional rights of criminal defendants...; i. Proceedings pursuant to a COVID-19 Operating Plan adopted by the judges of the relevant courthouse... 2. Judges are encouraged to use telephonic or video technology for all other statutorily and/or constitutionally required hearings","enforcement":"Administrative order of the State\u0027s highest court; recites that it \u0027represents the entire current Temporary Plan\u0027","functions":["CT courts: civil dockets, jury trials, evictions, foreclosures, collections and title litigation suspended or remote","CL closings and disputes","OP law-firm operations"],"notes":"Recites the April 1 (extension to May 31), April 30 (second amendment) and May 15, 2020 (third amendment: some in-person proceedings under Operating Plans; jury moratorium to August 3) orders.","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.state.wy.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/COVID-19-OrderFourthAmend-06.12.2020.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200809002209/https://www.courts.state.wy.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/COVID-19-OrderFourthAmend-06.12.2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":139568,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WY","url":"/library/WY-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WY-019","citation":"Wyoming Supreme Court, Fourth Order Amending March 18, 2020 Temporary Plan to Address Health Risks Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 12, 2020) (Ex. WY-019)","stateName":"Wyoming","related":["WY-007","WY-003","WY-023"]}