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Ex. CA-041 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Statewide Order of March 23, 2020

Statewide order suspending all jury trials in California superior courts for 60 days

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council · California (Court)

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Jurisdiction
California
Level
Court
Authority
Cal. Const. art. VI, sec. 6; Gov. Code sec. 68115
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23
End
2020-05-22 (extended by the Chief Justice's March 30 and later orders and by county-level emergency orders) (read as 2020-05-22)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to May 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • all superior courts
Functions reached
  • CT courts
  • CL closings
  • SV collections and litigation
Collection
California CA

Enforcement

Judicial administrative order

Notes

Described in the Judicial Council newsroom release 'Chief Justice Issues Statewide Order Suspending Jury Trials' (Mar. 23, 2020).

Retrieval note

courts.ca.gov and newsroom.courts.ca.gov refuse non-browser clients (Cloudflare); Wayback renders failed under throttling. Existence, date and gist confirmed from the Judicial Council newsroom description.