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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Hamilton County, Ohio · Cincinnati · Ohio
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Ohio Sup. R. 4 and 5; R.C. 2945.72(H); Am. Sub. H.B. 197 sec. 22 (tolling); Chief Justice's guidance of Apr. 28 and May 7, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-05-29 May 29, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-01
- End
- 2020-07-01 or further order (superseded by the June 17, 2020 order effective June 22, Ex. MET-CIN-010) (read as 2020-07-01)
- In force
- June 1, 2020 to July 1, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all persons entering Court Facilities
- judges
- Clerk of Courts
- Jury Commissioner
- Functions reached
- CT courts and clerks
- CL closings and collections (garnishment, eviction dockets)
- OP office
- WF county workforce
- Collection
- Cincinnati MET-CIN
Operative words
each Common Pleas and Municipal Court judge shall limit in-person proceedings to two days a week... no more than twenty (20) Municipal Court cases set at two-hour intervals and fifteen (15) Common Pleas cases, shall be scheduled and proceed before the assigned judge on each of two assigned days... 9. The Chief Deputy Jury Commissioner is hereby ordered to suspend summons for petit juries until further order of the Court. 10.... any person entering Court Facilities... shall... f.... at all times wear a face covering or mask... 12. This Joint Amended Administrative Order is effective June 1, 2020 and through July 1, 2020, or until further order of the Courts.
Enforcement
Court order; denial of entry; continuances liberally granted
Notes
Defines Court Facilities as the Courthouse, the Justice Center and the Times Star Building; in-person access limited to critical court proceedings; emergency civil matters filed in person at the Courthouse.
Retrieval noteEight-page scanned PDF including the docket-day exhibit; OCR-read.