{"id":46159,"date":"2020-03-13T19:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T23:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=46159"},"modified":"2020-03-13T19:55:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T23:55:04","slug":"important-message-from-the-20th-judicial-circuit-regarding-operations-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2020\/03\/important-message-from-the-20th-judicial-circuit-regarding-operations-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Message from the 20th Judicial Circuit Regarding Operations During the Coronavirus Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/newtower.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46160\" width=\"307\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/newtower.jpg 526w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/newtower-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><figcaption>SI Exif<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Twentieth Judicial Circuit Administrative Office of the Courts continues to closely monitor COVID-19. At this time all courthouses are open. However, courtroom attendance within all courtrooms of the 20th Judicial Circuit shall be limited to attorneys, parties, and necessary witnesses. There are exceptions that may be made by the presiding judge on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Lee County, some Family Law court events will use electronic communication methods to conduct court business. All of the 20th Circuit\u2019s Probation and Pretrial Services Departments are utilizing telephonic reporting through March 27 to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In a statewide order issued Friday afternoon by Florida Chief Justice Charles Canady, grand jury proceedings, jury selection proceedings, and criminal and civil jury trials have been suspended for two weeks. The order takes effect Monday, March 16, 2020 and is effective until Friday, March 27, 2020. A subsequent order from the Chief Justice may further extend this timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, we have added supplemental deep cleaning throughout our Circuit to assist with the prevention of respiratory illnesses from spreading. This includes high traffic lobby areas, elevators, security checkpoints, and courtrooms. We have also added additional antibacterial stations. Information from the CDC has also been posted throughout our courthouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are reminding employees about proper hand washing techniques, respiratory etiquette, and encourage our employees who are sick to stay home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact the Clerk of Court\u2019s Office for additional juror information. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Due to COVID-19, most face-to-face legal proceedings in the state courts will be suspended for a minimum of two weeks under a statewide order issued Friday by Florida Chief Justice Charles Canady. The order takes effect Monday. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twentieth Judicial Circuit Administrative Office of the Courts continues to closely monitor COVID-19. At this time all courthouses are open. However, courtroom attendance within all courtrooms of the 20th&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}