Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)

The record

Jurisdiction

Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio

Level

Court

Authority

Ohio Const. art. IV; Sup. R. 5; R.C. 2945.72(H) (speedy-trial tolling); Ohio Att'y Gen. Op. 2020-002 (Mar. 18, 2020)

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16

End

'in effect until such time as the response to the COVID-19 local health crisis has resulted in control of the spread of the disease or otherwise until further order of the court'; extended Apr. 28, 2020 (to May 29) and May 26, 2020 (until the emergency subsides) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all litigants, attorneys, jurors and persons entering the courthouse
• court personnel
• Clerk of Courts

Functions reached

• CT courts (jury trials and in-person civil proceedings suspended)
• CL/SV foreclosure and collection actions stayed
• OF law-office trial practice
• CB litigants and creditors

Collection

Cleveland MET-CLE

Operative words

all criminal and civil jury trials are suspended for a period of 30 days, unless a criminal case implicates constitutional 'speedy trial' issues for which a waiver from the defendant has not been obtained... all in-person civil proceedings, except emergency actions, are suspended for a period of 30 days. Civil proceedings may be conducted via telephone at the discretion of each individual judge... All foreclosure cases are hereby stayed for a period of sixty (60) day[s]... All individuals, including Court judicial officers and personnel, desiring to enter the courthouse are subject to available health screening or testing and may be excluded from admission based upon the results of such screening or testing.

Enforcement

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