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- Jurisdiction
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Cleveland · Ohio
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Sup. R. 5; Ohio Const. art. IV (administrative authority over court facilities and staff)
- Issued
- 2021-08-05 Aug. 5, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-05
- End
- until further notice (in force through Sept. 30, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 5, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all visitors and employees entering any building with business of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, General Division
- Functions reached
- CT courts (every litigant, witness, juror and attorney masked and screened)
- OF law-office litigation practice
- CB litigants
- Collection
- Cleveland MET-CLE
Operative words
the following rules are in effect beginning on August 5, 2021, until further notice: In order to reduce the spread of COVID-19, all visitors and employees entering any building with business of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, General Division, including the Justice Center, Courthouse Square, Old Courthouse and West Side Office, will be required to wear a mask covering both their nose and mouth; Each person entering these areas shall pass through temperature monitor screening; All employees must wear a mask, covering both their nose and mouth: In any area accessible to the public; In any common area; When meeting with or assisting any member of the public...
Enforcement
Denial of entry; employee discipline
Notes
Recites: 'Although Governor Michael DeWine rescinded the majority of public health orders effective June 2, 2021, businesses and other entities could continue to require mitigation measures... On July 31, 2021, the [CDC] identified Ohio and Cuyahoga County as an area of substantial transmission.'
Retrieval noteCourt's own notice of the rules; The underlying journal entry, if any, was not located.