Joint Committee Order Regarding Operation of the DC Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency

The record

Jurisdiction

District of Columbia

Level

Court

Authority

D.C. Code 11-1701(b)(9), (c)(1), (d); the judicial-emergency tolling authority

Issued

2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020

Effective

2020-03-18

End

Reaffirmed May 29, 2020; in force through 2021 (recited in every Superior Court general order through Sept. 2021) (read as 2020-05-29)

In force

Mar. 18, 2020 to May 29, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• the Court of Appeals and the Superior Court
• all litigants

Functions reached

• CT every deadline, statute of limitations and hearing in the District's courts

Collection

District of Columbia DC

Operative words

in light of the state of emergency in the District of Columbia as declared by Mayor Muriel Bowser on March 11, 2020, and the National Emergency as declared by President Donald J. Trump on March 13, 2020, court operations must be adjusted... THE JOINT COMMITTEE FURTHER CONSENTS and ORDERS, that the Chief [Judges have] the authority to issue additional orders extending the period during which deadlines are tolled or extended for all statutory and rules-based time limits in the D.C. Code

Enforcement

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