After months of struggling to regain some semblance of ordinary courthouse functions, the Chief Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit acknowledged it is time to retrench.
In a Jan. 6 email to top officials in the courts and criminal justice system, Chief Judge Mark Mahon said virtually all in person courthouse functions will be suspended until Feb. 22. Mahon stopped short of officially returning to Phase 1 Covid protocols, but his email directive is materially identical to the Florida Supreme Court s definition of Phase 1.
Mahon’s order suspends all in person proceedings without his express permission. It suspends all prisoner transports and jury trial until Feb. 22, without exception.
Chief Judge orders shutdown of all in-person court functions until Feb. 22
Citing community health conditions that have drastically deteriorated over the last month, Chief Judge shutters courthouses in three counties. Author: Anne Schindler Updated: 8:23 PM EST January 8, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
(Editor s note: the above video is from Dec. 8, 2020.)
After months of struggling to regain some semblance of ordinary courthouse functions, the Chief Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit acknowledged it is time to retrench.
In a Jan. 6 email to top officials in the courts and criminal justice system, Chief Judge Mark Mahon said virtually all in person courthouse functions will be suspended until Feb. 22. Mahon stopped short of officially returning to Phase 1 Covid protocols, but his email directive is materially identical to the Florida Supreme Court s definition of Phase 1.