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April 9, 2020
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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IN RE: COURT OPERATIONS UNDER THE
6 EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED
AMENDED TEMPORARY GENERAL
7 BY COVID-19 AND RELATED ORDER 2020-03
CORONAVIRUS
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10 In response to the recent outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”)
11 in the District of Nevada, the Court has issued a series of general orders changing how
12 the Court operates to do its part in containing the spread of COVID-19. See Temporary
13 General Orders 2020-02, 2020-03, 2020-04, 2020-05.1 In General Order 2020-03, the
14 Court continued all jury trials until April 10, 2020, pending further order of this Court.
15 That Order also provides that the Court will vacate or amend it on or before April 10,
16 2020. The Court hereby amends General Order 2020-03 as it relates to jury trials. The
17 Court has determined that jury trials must be further postponed in light of the COVID-19
18 pandemic, and each presiding judge will address any needed continuance of trial in their
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20 DATED THIS 9th day of April 2020.
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MIRANDA M. DU, CHIEF JUDGE
23 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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25 1Available at https://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/court-information/rules-and-
orders/general-orders/.
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