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Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (June 3, 2021)

Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic

Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council · Utah (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Utah
Level
Court
Authority
Utah Const. art. VIII; Pandemic Response Plan; Risk Phase Response Plan
Issued
2021-06-03 June 3, 2021
Effective
2021-06-07 (Yellow phase authorization) (read as 2021-06-07)
End
Replaced by the Sept. 17, 2021 order (read as 2021-09-17)
In force
June 7, 2021 to Sept. 17, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all Utah courts
  • Management Committee
  • litigants
Functions reached
  • CT phased return of in-person hearings and jury trials
  • CL remote hearings continued in transition
  • CB
Collection
Utah UT

Operative words

Governor Gary Herbert and Governor Spencer Cox declared a state of emergency. In light of the Governor's declaration, and to protect the public and all court participants, the Utah Judiciary continues to implement its Pandemic Response Plan.... Beginning June 7, 2021, all courts may operate in the Yellow phase if their risk response plan has been approved by the Management Committee.... All districts and individual court locations must give priority to resuming in court proceedings that are not capable of being held remotely, such as jury trials.... Except for the May 21, 2021 Administrative Order ending the mask mandate, today's Order entirely replaces all preceding administrative orders.... This Order provides directives the courts must follow during Red and Yellow phases

Enforcement

Binding administrative order

Notes

In force on July 1, 2021; the Yellow phase is a restricted-operations phase under the Risk Phase Response Plan.