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Administrative Order No. 22 (extension of the judicial emergency until 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021)

Sixteenth and final extension: judicial emergency continued to 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021; audiovisual proceedings and tolling of the Speedy Trial Guidelines continued to that date; recital of the entire chain of monthly extensions from April 14, 2020

Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware · Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide) · Delaware
Level
Court
Authority
Del. Const. art. IV, § 13; 10 Del. C. §§ 2004, 2008
Issued
2021-06-29 June 29, 2021
Effective
2021-07-02
End
2021-07-13 08:00 (judicial emergency ended) (read as 2021-07-13)
In force
July 2, 2021 to July 13, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all State courts and their facilities
Functions reached
  • CT courts and agencies (Q3 2021: emergency in force July 1-13, 2021)
Collection
State courts AGY-ST-COURTS

Operative words

(1) Under the authority of 10 Del. C. § 2004, the judicial emergency for all State courts and their facilities in Delaware is extended until 8:00 a.m. [July 13, 2021]... (2) Until the expiration of the judicial emergency on July 13, 2021, all courts in the State are authorized, to the greatest extent possible under 10 Del. C. § 2008, to continue to utilize audiovisual devices at their facilities and remotely to conduct proceedings (except for jury trials). (3) Until the expiration of the judicial emergency on July 13, 2021, all time [requirements under the Speedy Trial Guidelines are tolled]

Enforcement

10 Del. C. §§ 2004-2009

Notes

The recital lists the extension orders 'dated April 14, 2020, May 14, 2020, June 5, 2020, July 6, 2020, August 5, 2020,...' and the April 30 and May 20 and 26, 2021 orders, verifying the whole chain.

Retrieval note

Bracketed words complete lines cut at the page margin in the text layer; the July 13, 2021 date appears in paragraphs (2) and (3) as read.