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Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033 Order Primary source read

General Administrative Order No. 2020-07: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Modification of Operations

Winter 2020 re-tightening: all matters by videoconference except in extraordinary or compelling circumstances; judges and employees to work remotely; masks for all persons; no criminal bench trials and no jury trials of any kind until further order; residential eviction filings and enforcement stayed until further order

Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County · Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois · Illinois
Level
Court
Authority
Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); the court's inherent authority; Ill. S. Ct. M.R. 30370 (eff. Aug. 27, 2020) (masks)
Issued
2020-11-23 Nov. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-11-23 ('Effective immediately') (read as 2020-11-23)
End
Amended Mar. 23, Apr. 22/27, June-Oct. 2021 (Exs. AGY-ST-COURTS-034, -035); still in force, as amended, on Sept. 30, 2021 (amended again Oct. 15 and 19, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Nov. 23, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all judges and employees of the Circuit Court
  • attorneys, litigants, jurors and witnesses
  • the Sheriff of Cook County
  • landlords and tenants
Functions reached
  • CT courts and agencies
  • SV servicing and collections
  • PM property management (evictions stayed)
  • CL closings
  • OF office and administration (remote work)
  • WF workforce
Collection
State courts AGY-ST-COURTS

Operative words

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, except in extraordinary or compelling circumstances, all matters in all Districts and Divisions of the court shall be conducted by videoconference... all judges and employees of the court, except those who are performing essential court operations, shall work remotely and conduct business telephonically or by videoconference... all persons, including, but not limited to, judges, court staff, parties, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses wear masks or other face coverings in the courthouse at all times... no residential real estate eviction action shall commence unless a tenant poses a direct threat... the sheriff of Cook County shall refrain from enforcement of eviction orders relating to residential real estate until further order of the court... No bench trials in criminal cases and no jury trials of any kind shall be held until further order of the court.

Enforcement

General administrative order under Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b) and M.R. 30370

Notes

The Chief Judge's own recital ties the order to 'executive orders of the State of Illinois, Cook County, the City of Chicago, and other local municipalities' and Governor's EO 2020-72 (Nov. 13, 2020).

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF read by Windows OCR (first three of nine pages).

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