A judicial emergency was declared to suspend jury trials in Cobb for 30 days, starting Friday, by Reuben Green, Chief Judge of the Cobb Superior Court, in response to the Coronavirus outbreak.
His order, which was handed down late Friday afternoon, applies to all jury trials in Superior Court and Cobb State Court.
That means jurors called for jury duty do not have to appear and that “only parties, attorneys and necessary witnesses should appear for hearings that are going forward.”
Court and legal proceedings deemed to be essential will be going on, and they are detailed in his order (You can read it here).
Jury weeks for the rest of March and all of April have been cancelled.
Green wrote in his order that while “the court will remain open for the public, they are encouraged to stay home.”
Anyone making a court appearance is asked to leave behind “non-essential people” to that proceeding, including family members, children “and, especially the elderly.”
Green also wrote that inmates at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center summoned to appear in court “will not be transported unless specifically requested by the Judge’s chambers, District Attorney, or Defense Attorney.”
Green wrote that anyone who doesn’t feel well should not come to court, and that parties involved in any case should contact the appropriate judge’s office to get an excused absence.
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