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- Jurisdiction
- Hamilton County, Ohio · Cincinnati · Ohio
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Ohio Sup. R. 4 and 5; R.C. 2945.72(H)
- Issued
- 2020-09-25 Sept. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-09-25 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-09-25)
- End
- until further order (superseded by the June 3, 2021 order, Ex. MET-CIN-025) (read as 2021-06-03)
- In force
- Sept. 25, 2020 to June 3, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
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
- jurors
- county employees and contractors
- Functions reached
- CT courts and clerks
- CL litigation-dependent transactions
- WF jurors and witnesses
- Collection
- Cincinnati MET-CIN
Operative words
In-person access to Court Facilities is hereby limited to those whom are conducting or are necessary to in-person court proceedings... no more than twenty (20) Municipal Court cases per docket, set at two-hour intervals up to five days per week and twenty (20) Common Pleas cases may be scheduled... 9.... the Courts will conduct jury trials consistent with recommended public health emergency guidelines... 10.... any person entering Court Facilities... shall: a. Submit to screening questions and a noninvasive temperature check... f. Shall at all times wear a face covering or mask... 12. This Joint Amended Administrative Order is effective immediately and until further order of the Courts.
Enforcement
Court order; denial of entry
Notes
Continued the twenty-case docket cap, access limits, screening and masks through the winter; jury trials then paused Oct. 26, 2020 (Ex. MET-CIN-006).