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Order In Re: Emergency Reduction in Court Services and Limitation of Access to Court Facilities

In Re: Emergency Reduction in Court Services and Limitation of Access to Court Facilities (Order)

Idaho Supreme Court · Idaho (all State courts) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Idaho (all State courts) · Idaho
Level
Court
Authority
Idaho Court Administrative Rule 48
Issued
2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
Effective
2020-03-25 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-25)
End
Reduced operations 'through April 15, 2020'; criminal jury trials Mar. 26-Apr. 30, 2020 continued; succeeded by later Supreme Court orders (read as 2020-04-15)
In force
Mar. 25, 2020 to Apr. 15, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • all State of Idaho court facilities
  • litigants, attorneys, jurors, the public
Functions reached
  • CT/CRT courts closed to non-emergency matters
  • CL closings and litigation delayed
  • SV foreclosure and eviction proceedings (non-emergency evictions not heard)
Collection
Idaho ID

Operative words

Effective immediately, and pursuant to Idaho Court Administrative Rule 48, all State of Idaho court facilities shall conduct reduced operations through April 15, 2020.... 1. During this time of reduced operations, only emergency hearings will be conducted... 3. In civil cases, courtroom attendance should be limited to required court personnel, attorneys, parties, and necessary witnesses... 4. No jury panels shall be called during the pendency of this order. All criminal jury trials currently scheduled to be held on March 26, 2020 through April 30, 2020 shall be continued... 7.a.... the time for filing or doing any other thing in any court shall be extended until April 16, 2020.

Enforcement

Court administrative order; Idaho Criminal Rule 28 good cause

Notes

Text layer read. Attached list of district administrative orders (courthouse closures in Bannock, Blaine, Camas; jury trial suspensions in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Districts; Ada, Boise and Elmore courthouse access limits).

Retrieval note

Order recites the Mar. 25, 2020 stay-home order and was posted on the Court's Emergency Orders page by Mar. 26, 2020 (00:02 UTC capture); dated on or about Mar. 25, 2020.