The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson · New Orleans and Baton Rouge · Louisiana
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- La. Const. art. V, § 1; La. R.S. 1:55; Governor's and Parish President's emergency declarations; Louisiana Supreme Court emergency orders
- Issued
- 2020-10-15 Oct. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-09-14 (jury trials) / order posted Oct. 2020 (read as 2020-09-14)
- End
- Superseded by 2021 orders (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Sept. 14, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants, attorneys, jurors
- Functions reached
- CT trial capacity rationed
- CL
- Collection
- New Orleans and Baton Rouge MET-MSY
Operative words
1. Criminal and civil jury trials may recommence Monday, September 14, 2020. 2. Jury selection should proceed in the Honorable Henry G. Sullivan Jury Assembly Room with one venire of 50 prospective jurors each day, Monday through Thursday only.... Social distancing of not less than 6 feet should be observed at all times. 3. Jury trials scheduled in a division shall be placed on the 24th JDC online jury calendar for prioritization.
Enforcement
Notes
Rationed jury capacity (one venire of 50 per day) for the parish's district court through Q4 2020.
Retrieval noteScanned three-page order; page 1 read by rendering to PNG. The issue date is taken from the court's October 2020 posting; the order text itself is undated on page 1.