Today's Emergency Authorization Order

THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA (April 9 Order)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created a public emergency for purposes of rule 8.66, subdivision (a), there is an ongoing threat to the orderly operations of the six district Courts of Appeal. Upon the request of each Administrative Presiding Justice over the course of several days in March 2020, this Court issued emergency orders under rule 8.66 authorizing each court to extend by no more than 30 days the time in which to do any act required or permitted under the California Rules of Court. Pursuant to that authorization, each district Court of Appeal issued an implementation order extending time.

On April 4, 2020, the Judicial Council amended rule 8.66 to better assist the courts in continuing to operate during a public emergency. Upon the joint request of all six Administrative Presiding Justices, it is ordered that the Court of Appeal for each appellate district is authorized to do the following:
• Issue an order applying the provisions of amended rule 8.66 retroactively to the starting date of the court’s current implementation order.

This order is to be in effect for proceedings in which the time period in the California Rules of Court would occur between the day in March 2020 that is the first day of the court’s current implementation order, and the day in April 2020 that is the last day of the court’s current implementation order.