Administrative Order No. 2020-06-01

The record

Jurisdiction

Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties) · Orlando · Florida

Level

Court

Authority

Fla. Const. art. V, sec. 2(d); Fla. Stat. 43.26; Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.215; Fla. Sup. Ct. AOSC20-13 (Mar. 13, 2020) and AOSC20-15 (Mar. 17, 2020)

Issued

2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16

End

Amended by AO 2020-06-02 through -05 (spring 2020); superseded by AO 2020-06-05 (June 26, 2020) (read as 2020-06-02)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to June 2, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• parties, witnesses, spectators, jurors, counsel and the public in Orange and Osceola Counties

Functions reached

• CT courts and clerks (civil, family, probate, traffic, problem-solving courts)
• WF jurors excused; symptomatic and exposed persons barred
• CL closings and filings dependent on hearings
• OF legal services displaced to remote hearings

Collection

Orlando MET-ORL

Operative words

(4) Public access to court facilities is hereby limited to counsel for parties and court participants (e.g. clerks, deputies, etc.). No parties, witnesses, spectators or family members may attend proceedings until emergency conditions pass, except as may be permitted by the Presiding Judge or the Chief Judge.... (5) Any person, regardless of status, who is exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID-19, or any person who has knowingly been in contact with another person who is suffering from the effects of the COVID-19 virus, is prohibited from entering any court facility. Sheriff's deputies in each courthouse facility are hereby granted the authority to screen and eject persons... (7) All jury trials scheduled between March 16, 2020 and April 17, 2020, are postponed until further order of this Court.... (9) No individual summoned to appear for jury duty between March 16, 2020 and April 17, 2020, shall appear during this time.... (14) All civil traffic dockets set between March 16, 2020 and April 17, 2020 are cancelled... (16) All court proceedings scheduled to occur between March 16, 2020 and April 17, 2020 at the Orange County outlying courthouses in Winter Park, Apopka and Ocoee are cancelled and shall be rescheduled to a date after the public health emergency is resolved.

Enforcement

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