In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering Requirements

The record

Jurisdiction

Tennessee

Level

Court

Authority

Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49

Issued

2021-05-14 May 14, 2021

Effective

Effective immediately (May 14, 2021) (read as 2021-05-14)

End

'until further order of this Court' (in force through Q3 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

May 14, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices

Addressees

• all courts and courthouses

Functions reached

• CT three-foot courtroom distancing rule and judges' discretion to limit attendance in force July 1-Sept. 30, 2021; judicial state of emergency continuing

Collection

Tennessee TN

Operative words

With the continued decline of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in Tennessee and the ready availability of COVID-19 vaccines, see Executive Order 80, the Court hereby adopts the following provisions: 1) The requirement of six feet of distance between persons in the courtroom is modified to require three feet of distance between persons in the courtroom, effective immediately. 2) Courtroom capacity requirements are lifted, effective immediately. Judges retain the discretion to limit the number of people in a courtroom... 3) The order requiring all persons to wear facial coverings in the courthouse and courtroom is lifted, effective immediately... Unless otherwise noted herein, the provisions of this order shall remain in place until further order of this Court.

Enforcement

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