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COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Please see Administrative Order S-2020-019  COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts – Essential and Critical Court Proceedings entered by Chief Judge Ronald Ficarrotta Entered on March 18, 2020.

 

Pursuant to section 13. Problem-Solving Courts of AO S-2020-19: Except for review of emergency motions and petitions filed in a case pending in a problem-solving court, all problem-solving courts (adult drug court, juvenile drug court, veterans treatment court, family dependency treatment court, and mental health court) are hereby cancelled and the clerk is directed to reschedule these dockets to a date after April 20, 2020. If the presiding judge determines that an emergency motion requires an in-person hearing conducted prior to April 20, 2020, the judge must ensure that social distancing occurs in the courtroom, as described in section 18 below. No detainee or inmate will be transported to the courthouse facilities and no person is to be transported to the courthouse facilities from a treatment provider.

 

Thank you for your patience and understanding during these unprecedented times.