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Ex. MET-LA-058 Order Primary source read

Implementation Order of the Presiding Judge continuing all non-emergency matters for 30 days (Mar. 17, 2020), with the Court's news release

Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile Issues Implementation Order to Continue All Non-Emergency Matters for 30 Days Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: All Civil and Criminal Trials Are Suspended Through April 16; Court Will Reopen Friday Only for Emergency and Essential Matters; No Jurors Are to Report Until April 16

Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile · Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (all 38 courthouses) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (all 38 courthouses) · Los Angeles · California
Level
Court
Authority
Cal. Gov't Code sec. 68115 (emergency orders authorized by the Chief Justice on Mar. 16, 2020); Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.603
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
Courthouses closed Mar. 17-19, 2020; essential matters only from Mar. 20 through Apr. 16, 2020 (read as 2020-04-16)
End
2020-04-16 (extended by 2020-GEN-009-00, Ex. MET-LA-059) (read as 2020-04-16)
In force
Apr. 16, 2020 to Apr. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • all litigants, attorneys, jurors and the public in Los Angeles County
Functions reached
  • CT courts and agencies
  • CL closings and unlawful detainer
  • SV foreclosure and collections
  • PJ client litigation projects
  • CB
Collection
Los Angeles MET-LA

Operative words

All Civil and Criminal Trials are Suspended through April 16... Order will Keep the Court Open for Emergency and Essential Matters... No Jurors are to Report Until April 16... Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile today issued an implementation order pursuant to the emergency powers granted to him yesterday by Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye under Government Code Section 68115.... no additional prospective jurors will be summoned for jury service for 30 [days]. The order is attached.

Enforcement

Court order; contempt powers

Notes

Suspended every civil and criminal trial in the nation's largest trial court; the news release and the attached order are one file

Retrieval note

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