The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Newark, Trenton, Camden) · New Jersey
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- inherent authority; the Court's Recovery Guidelines
- Issued
- 2020-05-22 May 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-22
- End
- in force through 2021 (recited as continuing in Standing Orders 21-02, 21-04 and 21-11) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- May 22, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all persons seeking entry to or present in the District's courthouses, including court staff and the public
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B
Operative words
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that all persons seeking entry to or [present in the courthouses, including court staff and] the public, are required to wear a face covering or mask when in a community setting, including entering and exiting the courthouse, entering and exiting the Clerk's Office, and in [elevators, hallways] and restrooms; and it is further ORDERED that all persons shall engage in social distancing, which requires that individuals maintain a six-foot distance between each other...
Enforcement
court order; court security
Notes
Recited as still in force by Standing Order 21-11 of Dec. 29, 2021 (Ex. FED-309): a mask order in force in the District of New Jersey on every day from May 22, 2020 through Sept. 30, 2021.