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Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M210001 (June 3, 2021)

In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Judge Luebbers), and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judge Russell) · Hamilton County, Ohio (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Hamilton County, Ohio · Cincinnati · Ohio
Level
Court
Authority
Ohio Sup. R. 4 and 5; Governor's May 14, 2021 statement and Chief Justice's guidance (recited)
Issued
2021-06-03 June 3, 2021
Effective
2021-06-03 (effective immediately) (read as 2021-06-03)
End
amended Aug. 11, 2021 (Ex. MET-CIN-007); otherwise until further order (read as 2021-08-11)
In force
June 3, 2021 to Aug. 11, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons entering Court Facilities
  • judges
  • unvaccinated employees
Functions reached
  • CT courts and clerks
  • WF county workforce
  • CL litigation-dependent transactions
Collection
Cincinnati MET-CIN

Operative words

2. Anyone entering Court Facilities under this Joint Amended Administrative Order is not required to wear a facial covering... 4. Each Common Pleas and Municipal Court judge retains the authority to establish their own, more restrictive standards within their courtroom and adjoining offices including capacity, social distancing, and mask policies.... 5. Previous limitations on in-person access to Court Facilities, which were necessary to limit large gatherings, are hereby lifted.... 9. No person shall enter Court Facilities... if: a. Without regard to vaccination status: i. They have COVID-19 or believe they have COVID-19, or; ii. They exhibit signs of respiratory infection... b. They are an unvaccinated person, and i. Within the last 14 days, have been exposed... or; ii. They are awaiting a COVID-19 test result.... 10. Unvaccinated employees must perform a daily symptom assessment before coming to work.

Enforcement

Court order; denial of entry

Notes

The Q3 2021 baseline order: the access limits ended, but exclusion of symptomatic and exposed persons, judge-level capacity and mask authority, and the COVID jury-trial rooms continued into the third quarter of 2021.

Retrieval note

Date from the Courts' page ('06-03-21: Joint Administrative Order re: Courthouse Operations'); OCR-read.