CACB — Coronavirus Public Emergency Order Concerning the Southern Division's Operations

Source: https://www.cacb.uscourts.gov/sites/cacb/files/documents/general-orders/GO-DC-20-15.pdf

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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ) IN RE: ) GENERAL ORDER NO. 20-15 11 ) CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC ) (Supersedes General Order No. 20- 12 EMERGENCY ) 12) ) 13 ORDER CONCERNING THE ) SOUTHERN DIVISION’S ) 14 OPERATIONS ) ) 15

16 WHEREAS, the Court has adopted the Plan for Phased Resumption of 17 Operations (“Reopening Plan”), which consists of three phases: Phase 1 (return of 18 certain staff to the courthouses to prepare for limited in-court hearings); Phase 2 19 (reopening courthouses for limited in-court hearings); and Phase 3 (resumption of jury 20 trials); 21 WHEREAS, the Court has adopted gating criteria designed to assess local 22 COVID-19 exposure risks based on 14-day trends of facility exposure, community 23 spread, and community restrictions; 24 WHEREAS, the Court has delegated authority to the Executive Committee to 25 determine when the Court should transition between phases of the Court’s Reopening 26 Plan per the gating criteria; and 27 // 28

1 WHEREAS, per the gating criteria, local COVID-19 exposure risks in the 2 Court’s Southern Division have increased, such that allowing additional in-court 3 hearings and opening the Santa Ana Courthouse to the public are no longer appropriate 4 at this time; 5 Upon unanimous vote of the Executive Committee, the Court orders as follows: 6 1. General Order No. 20-12 is hereby withdrawn. 7 2. Effective immediately, the Southern Division’s operations are governed 8 by General Order No. 20-09 until further notice. 9

10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 11

12 ________________________________________ 13 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 14

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16 Date of Approval by the Court: November 25, 2020 17

18 Date of Filing by the Clerk: November 25, 2020 19

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