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Ex. MET-PHL-047 Order Primary source read

Emergency Order No. 2020-01

In re: Temporary Restrictions on Operations of the Court of Common Pleas of the Seventh Judicial District Due to Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19

President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr. · Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Seventh Judicial District) (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Seventh Judicial District) · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
Court
Authority
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Order of Mar. 16, 2020; Declaration of Judicial Emergency in the Seventh Judicial District (Mar. 17, 2020 to Apr. 14, 2020)
Issued
2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
Effective
immediately (read as 2020-03-18)
End
2020-04-14 by its terms; extended by Emergency Orders 2 through 24 (2020) and 2021-1 and 2021-2 (court index) (read as 2020-04-14)
In force
Mar. 18, 2020 to Apr. 14, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, litigants, jurors, the Sheriff, the public
Functions reached
  • CT
  • CL sheriff sales postponed
  • PM writs of possession suspended
  • GATH gatherings at the Justice Center
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

In light of these developments, and to protect public health, reduce the size of public gatherings, and reduce unnecessary travel within this county... the Court issues the following Order, effective immediately: 1. All time calculations... are suspended... 4. All Grand Jury as well as all jury and non-jury trials, both criminal and civil are suspended and will be rescheduled at a later date. Jurors shall not report for jury duty. 5. All matters scheduled on the criminal and civil trial lists and miscellaneous lists... are cancelled pending further notice from the Court.... 7. Sheriff sales scheduled for the month of April are postponed and the issuance and enforcement of writs of possession are suspended.... 14. All mass public gatherings, other than court proceedings, are SUSPENDED at the Bucks County Justice Center... 15. This Order will expire on April 14, 2020, unless extended by further Court order.... DECLARATION: Per the Supreme Court's Order dated March 16, 2020, I declare a judicial emergency in the Seventh Judicial District for the following period: March 17, 2020 to April 14, 2020.

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Recites the Governor's Mar. 14, 2020 extension of mitigation to Bucks County

Retrieval note

Emergency Orders 2 through 24 and 2021-1 and 2021-2 exist on the county's Emergency Orders page (index read); their PDFs are scanned and were not read.

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