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Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012

In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency (Tenth Amended)

Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer · United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, Rockford) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, Rockford) · Illinois
Level
Court
Authority
inherent authority; 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A); N.D. Ill. General Order 20-0012 series
Issued
2021-02-12 Feb. 12, 2021
Effective
2021-02-12
End
2021-04-05 (jury trials suspended until April 5, 2021; replaced by General Order 21-0006 and its amendments) (read as 2021-04-05)
In force
Feb. 12, 2021 to Apr. 5, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • litigants, counsel, jurors and the public in the Northern District of Illinois
Functions reached
  • CT Chicago's federal court: no jury trials Mar. 17, 2020 - Apr. 5, 2021, in ten successive orders
  • CS
Collection
Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B

Operative words

it is hereby ORDERED:... 2. All civil and criminal jury trials are suspended until April 5, 2021.... 9. All public gatherings are suspended at both the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago and the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse in Rockford...

Enforcement

court order

Notes

The tenth order in an unbroken chain from Mar. 12/17, 2020 (Exs. FED-338, FED-339); jury trials in the third-largest federal district were suspended for more than a year.

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