The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Franklin County, Ohio · Columbus · Ohio
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Sup. R. 4; each court's local rules; inherent authority over court operations
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16
- End
- 2020-04-10 (as extended by the courts' later orders) (read as 2020-04-10)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants and counsel
- jurors
- the public
- Functions reached
- CT courts, clerks and probate
- PJ litigation-dependent transactions
- WF jurors
- Collection
- Columbus MET-CMH
Operative words
The Judges have agreed to continue to a future date all civil and criminal matters, depending upon the specific Court, scheduled for a jury trial, hearing, or disposition during March 16, 2020, through April 10, 2020.... citizens are discouraged from visiting the Franklin County Court Complex for matters that are not essential or time sensitive.... For Common Pleas jurors, beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, citizens summoned for Common Pleas jury duty should not report, as jury service is cancelled through April 10, 2020.
Enforcement
Announcement of the courts' orders; the Clerk's offices remained open; case-by-case exceptions at each court's discretion
Notes
Covers all five Franklin County trial-court divisions in one statement; Probate Division and Domestic Relations/Juvenile Division continuances are documented here.
Retrieval noteThe courts' own release describing their orders; contact Judge Stephen L. McIntosh.