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Standing Order 20-04: Additional Measures Due to the Exigent Circumstances Created By Covid-19 45 day Extension for discovery and filings in Civil Matters

D.N.J. Standing Order — Standing Order 20-04: Additional Measures Due to the Exigent

FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRIcT COURT MAR 24 20?O FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY AT 836 .4!. 15. P M WILLIAM I. WAlSH CLERK IN RE: ADDITIONAL MEASUREs DUE TO THE EXIGENT CIRcuMsTANCEs Standing Order 2020-04 CREATED BY COVID-19 In light of the circumstances identified in this Court’s Standing Order 2020-02 and as a result of expected delays during the COWD-19 pandemic, this Court issues the following Supplemental Order: IT IS on this 24th date of March, 2020, ORDERED that all filing and discovery deadlines in civil matters that currently fall between March 25, 2020 and April 30, 2020, are EXTENDED by forty-five (45) days, unless the presiding judge in an individual case directs otherwise after the date of this Order. This extension does not apply to any scheduled dates of conferences, which are controlled by the presiding judge; ORDERED that this Standing Order does not toll or extend any applicable statute of limitations; and it is further ORDERED that any litigant in a civil matter may seek relief from this Order in a case which that litigant believes is emergent or otherwise requires immediate relief. Hon. Freda L. Wolfsonl U.S. Chief District Judge District of New Jersey
Official source: https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/20-04.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23