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- Jurisdiction
- Maine
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Me. Const. art. VI; 4 M.R.S. § 1
- Issued
- 2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30
- End
- Revised Apr. 14, Apr. 22, May 5, May 13, May 28, Oct. 8, 2020, Jan. 12 and May 6, 2021; rescinded June 2021 (PPMO-SJC-1) (read as 2020-10-08)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to Oct. 8, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- all courts, litigants, jurors and the public
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Maine ME
Operative words
Effective immediately, and continuing through May 1, 2020, unless otherwise ordered by the court, the following case types and proceedings will NOT be scheduled or heard: FED (Eviction, landlord/tenant); Disclosures; Foreclosures; Small Claims; Medical Malpractice proceedings including Panel Hearings; Family matters; Adoptions; Juvenile matters (unless the juvenile is being detained); Criminal matters (except as related to the incarceration of a defendant); All other nonjury civil matters including civil violations; All actions to recover personal property; All Violations Bureau hearings (traffic tickets)... All jury matters, civil and criminal, including grand jury proceedings, are [deferred]; LITIGANTS: If your jury trial is now scheduled between March 16 and May 29, [it is postponed]
Enforcement
Notes
Establishes the PMO numbering system (PMO-SJC, PMO-TC).