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Ex. MET-KC-050 Order Primary source read

Administrative Order 2020-053

In re: COVID-19 - suspension of jury impanelment and continuance of jury trials for the weeks of March 16 and 23, 2020; cancellation of nonessential court travel

Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City and Independence courthouses (Court)

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Jurisdiction
16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City and Independence courthouses · Kansas City · Missouri
Level
Court
Authority
Presiding Judge's authority over the dockets of the Circuit; Missouri Supreme Court orders
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
2020-03-27 (superseded by AO 2020-064, Ex. MET-KC-052) (read as 2020-03-27)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 27, 2020
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • Court Administrator
  • jurors
  • attorneys and parties
Functions reached
  • CT courts (jury trials; hearings)
  • CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions
  • PJ legal projects
Collection
Kansas City MET-KC

Operative words

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, effective Monday, March 16, 2020 and continuing through Friday, March 27, 2020... 1. The Court Administrator is Ordered and authorized to suspend the impaneling of all jurors for the weeks of March 16, 2020 and March 23, 2020. All jury trials scheduled for the weeks of March 16, 2020 and March 23, 2020 are hereby continued

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Recites that Mayor Lucas 'has declared a State of Emergency'; the first metro court instrument

Retrieval note

Signed Mar. 12, 2020.

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