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Third Amended Administrative Order 2020-04 Regarding Court Operations and Suspension of Jury Trials

Third Amended Admin Order Limited Court Operations and Suspension of Jury Trials 2020-04 (late 2020; archived Jan. 20, 2021)

Chief Judge, Second Judicial District · Second Judicial District (Denver District, County, Juvenile and Probate Courts), Colorado (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Second Judicial District (Denver District, County, Juvenile and Probate Courts), Colorado · Denver · Colorado
Level
Court
Authority
Chief Justice Directive 95-01; Chief Justice order of July 24, 2020
Issued
2020-12-31 Dec. 31, 2020
Effective
on issuance (read as 2020-12-31)
End
Superseded by the Fourth (2020), Fifth (Dec. 31, 2020) and Sixth (Jan. 25, 2021) Amended Orders (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Dec. 31, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • all courts of the Second Judicial District, jurors, litigants, counsel
Functions reached
  • CT
  • CL
  • WF
Collection
Denver MET-DEN

Operative words

On April 17, 2020 the Court issued Administrative Order 2020-04 finding that jurors would [be exposed to unacceptable risk]... Administrative Order 2020-04 was amended and extended on May 6, 2020 and again on June 15, 2020 with the directive that no jurors would be summoned to report for jury service before August 3, 2020 subject to waiver from the Chief Justice.... These procedures were adopted on August 2, 2020 in [CJO] 2020-08 'Chief Judge Order Regarding Second Judicial District Jury Call and Trial [Procedures]'... To date, the Second Judicial District is in Phase III of CJO 2020-08. We have successfully convened and completed 28 jury trials in District Court, 9 trials in County Court, and 3 trials in Juvenile Court.... Effective September 15, 2020 Colorado moved to a dial framework

Enforcement

Court administrative order

Notes

Recites the whole 2020 chronology of Denver jury operations and the State dial; the operative suspension is on the later pages (not transcribed).

Retrieval note

Hosted in the Denver Probate Court folder; the order is the Chief Judge's district-wide order.