Good morning, please see below. And feel free to post.
1. If you have an out of custody client everybody stays home.
2. If you have an in custody client for arraignment and there are no “release” type motions or plea that will get him or her released, everybody stay home.
3. IF IN EITHER OF ABOVE SITUATIONS the case is still printing, and it may because this is a little messy, STAY HOME, tell your client to stay home, it will be reset in your absence.
4. If you are walking into REG it is because there is a true emergency on your case or you will be making an argument for release or you have negotiated a plea that will get your client released.
5. First appearances will continue as normal for now.
Please call or email me if you have any questions.
I am cc’ing my fellow Adm Judges in the County, DV & Juvenile. Please direct questions on those divisions to them. Thank you.
Nushin G. Sayfie, Circuit Court JudgeAdministrative Judge of the Criminal Division
Rumpole Monday Update: Every dark cloud has it's bright lights. More than a decade of dark arts and cheating has finally come to an end and our long national nightmare is over as Cheater QB Tom Brady announces that he is leaving the Cheater Patriots. Finally life can get back to normal.
Rumpole says get back to work!!!??? What? The foremost proponent of social distancing wants people to get back to work? Yes, under this scenario: 1) Social distancing until the end of April. Get updated virus numbers for US to ensure that the viral curve is flattening; 2) Follow China model and closely examine the use of certain antiviral drugs that China has been using. China will release those numbers shortly and if there is a response to the antiviral drugs, then people under the age of 60 should return to work as long as the US has a stockpile of the drugs. This gets the economy back on track by the summer.
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
BREAKING NEWS .....
LATEST ORDER FROM CHIEF JUDGE SOTO:
(Breaking News #2: Ohio Governor DeWine reads the Blog. His State has postponed Tuesday's primary and they are preparing to go to an all VBM [Vote By Mail] system. Governor DeSantis - read my Blog Post from this morning).
THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 20-1
(Court Administration)
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
NO. 20-02
IN RE: COVID-19 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF COURT
FACILITIES TO THE PUBLIC IN THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA
FROM MARCH 17-27, 2020.
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WHEREAS, Supreme Court Administrative Order No. AOSC20-13 sets forth COVID-19 Emergency Procedures in the Florida State Courts.
WHEREAS, mitigating the transmission of COVID-19 is a high priority, and due to the imminent danger posed by this severe acute respiratory illness that can spread among humans by way of respiratory transmission throughout Miami-Dade County, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court has implemented its Continuity of Operations Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in me as Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, under Rule 2.215, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration it is hereby ORDERED:
1. Public access to court facilities is permitted for First Appearances, Baker Act and Substance Abuse (Marchman Act) proceedings, Juvenile Shelter and Detention proceedings, and emergency proceedings noticed by the presiding judge.
2. Except for the above proceedings, no public access will be allowed at any of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit’s courthouses beginning Tuesday, March 17 through Friday, March 27, 2020.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, this 16th of March 2020.
BERTILA SOTO, CHIEF JUDGE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA
CAPTAIN OUT .......
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6 comments:
Gov DeWine defied an Ohio State court judge who ruled yesterday afternoon that the election must go on. DeWine said screw that and ordered polls closed in defiance of court order
You're applauding a GOP governor cancelling a DEM primary in defiance of a court order? Huh.
Yesterday someone called for Slom to return and be appointed as Corona Czar to run the courthouses during this time of crisis. I agree. Can I add that if someone can reach out to
The Big E Elortegui and ask him to reengage as a leader for the Miami Legal Bar. Give the guy props. He built a decent sized real estate empire and then sold out for mega millions just before the crisis. Last year he took a considerable risk and funded part of the Harvey Weinstein Class action law suit that also paid off big. Instead of sitting on his island off of Maine and monitoring his investment in Miami Slice Pizza in NYC, he needs to pay it back and come back to Miami and help lead our recovery.
"www.weneedtheE.com"
Yup, Sam Slom, the same guy who issued warrants for all who failed to appear the day after a hurricane missed us. Of course, the mayor told all east of the intracoastal to leave town but, since the storm missed, Sam Slom was at work the next day issuing warrants. Glad he left town!
Why aren't you writing about this on the blog. One of the employees who works in Judge Altfield's courtroom, 6-2, has tested positive for the coronavirus. What about all those people who were around him/her recently. This is really worrisome. What areas did they touch. This should be covered by mainstream media. Where is Ovalle.
Rumpole,
Amid this crisis, don’t you think that so many of our in-person hearings are unnecessary?
Soundings where you’re going to ask for a continuance, status hearings...can’t these be done telephonically or via Skype?
Think of all the cars on the road (pollution) and time wasted commuting. Our clients who have to take time off work.
You think we could ever switch to a system that requires appearances for pleas, trials, and critical hearings?
We can learn a lot from this experience.
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