The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Superior Court of California, County of Riverside · Riverside-San Bernardino · California
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Gov. Code 68070; Cal. Rules of Court, rules 10.603 and 10.613
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-16)
- End
- Civil jury trials suspended until May 25, 2020; limited civil and unlawful detainer trials 60 days; small claims 90 days; traffic 30 days; extended by later implementation orders (read as 2020-05-25)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to May 25, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants, attorneys, jurors
- landlords and tenants (unlawful detainer)
- small claims parties
- Functions reached
- CT courts (civil trials, evictions, collections and small claims suspended)
- CL lenders' and landlords' judicial remedies
- PJ law-firm projects dependent on trial calendars
- Collection
- Riverside-San Bernardino MET-RIV
Operative words
Unlimited Civil Cases: Civil jury trials are hereby suspended until May 25, 2020.... Limited Civil Cases: Limited civil trials, including unlawful detainers, are hereby suspended for 60 days. Small Claims Cases: All small claims hearings are hereby postponed for 90 days.... Probate Conservatorship / Guardianship Cases: Court probate investigator in-person interviews... are hereby postponed. Traffic Matters: All non-trial traffic matters are hereby postponed for 30 days.
Enforcement
Court order (contempt; Code Civ. Proc. 128)
Notes
First of the Court's COVID-19 orders; followed by Chief Justice emergency orders under Gov. Code 68115 requested March 17, 20 and 23, 2020 (recited in Ex. 046).