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- 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; AOSC21-17 as amended
- Issued
- 2021-08-20 Aug. 20, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-23
- End
- Access limitation lifted 12:01 a.m. Oct. 18, 2021 (AO 2020-06-13, Ex. MET-ORL-059); mask requirement discontinued 12:01 a.m. Nov. 1, 2021 (AO 2020-06-14, Ex. MET-ORL-045) (read as 2021-10-18)
- In force
- Aug. 23, 2021 to Oct. 18, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- everyone entering any court facility in the Ninth Judicial Circuit
- Functions reached
- CT courts and clerks
- WF jurors, witnesses, quarantined persons barred
- OF legal services (remote hearings)
- Collection
- Orlando MET-ORL
Operative words
(as recited in AO 2020-06-13) 'the temporary modification to operations limiting public access to court facilities put in place on August 23, 2021 may now be lifted'; (as recited in AO 2020-06-14) 'the requirement that face masks must be worn at all times in the public spaces of all court facilities, including courtrooms and during in-person court proceedings'; (Circuit's Sept. 2021 notice linking this order) 'Masks are required while in the courthouse and are available upon request. If you have tested positive for COVID within the past 14 days or have been told to isolate or quarantine, do not enter any of our courthouses.... Most hearings are being held remotely.'
Enforcement
Exclusion from court facilities
Notes
The Q3 2021 court instrument: from August 23, 2021 public access to the Orange and Osceola courthouses was limited, masks were required in all court facilities, positive and quarantined persons were barred and most hearings were remote. Located in the archive at ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2020-06-12.pdf (capture 20210820130851); the live server returns 404; three archive transfers failed under throttling.
Retrieval noteExistence, effective date and content from the Circuit's own later orders (Exs. MET-ORL-059, -045) and its Sept. 2021 notice; 2020-06-12, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES, FLORIDA, AMENDED TEMPORARY ORDER GOVERNING TRIAL COURT PROCEEDINGS', 'ORDERED, effective 12:01 a.m. on August 23, 2021', 'DONE AND ORDERED at Orlando, Florida, this 19th day of August, 2021'; the instrument (date_issued '2021-08 (on or before Aug. 20, 2021...)' left as recorded; the order is dated Aug. 19, 2021); sha256 confirmed).