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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`GENERAL ORDER NO. 20-12
`(Supersedes, in part, General Order
`No. 20-09)
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`IN RE:
`CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC
`EMERGENCY
`ORDER CONCERNING REOPENING
`OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION
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`WHEREAS, the Court has adopted the Plan for Phased Resumption of
`Operations (“Reopening Plan”), which consists of three phases: Phase 1 (return of
`certain staff to the courthouses to prepare for limited in-court hearings); Phase 2
`(reopening courthouses for limited in-court hearings); and Phase 3 (resumption of jury
`trials);
`WHEREAS, the Court has adopted gating criteria designed to assess local
`COVID-19 exposure risks based on 14-day trends of facility exposure, community
`spread, and community restrictions;
`WHEREAS, the Court has delegated authority to the Executive Committee to
`determine when the Court should transition between phases of the Court’s Reopening
`Plan per the gating criteria; and
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`Medtronic Corevalve v. Colibri Heart Valve
`IPR2020-01454
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`WHEREAS, per the gating criteria, local COVID-19 exposure risks in the
`Court’s Southern Division are decreasing, such that allowing additional in-court
`hearings is appropriate at this time;
`Upon a unanimous vote of the Executive Committee, and without objection
`from the District Judges of the Court, the Court orders as follows:
`1.
`The Southern Division remains in Phase 2 of the Court’s Reopening Plan.
`2.
`In-court hearings are permitted in the Southern Division as follows:
`a.
`Hearings in emergency civil matters may proceed in court at the
`discretion of the assigned judge. Hearings in non-emergency civil
`matters will continue to proceed by video and telephonic
`conference.
`Hearings in any criminal matter may proceed in court at the
`discretion of the assigned judge. Hearings by video and telephonic
`conference may continue to be held in certain criminal matters as
`set forth in Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-043.
`The Santa Ana Courthouse is open to persons with court business and
`subject to all posted restrictions.
`To the extent this General Order conflicts with General Order No. 20-09, this
`Orders supersedes General Order No. 20-09.
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`3.
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`b.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Date of Approval by the Court:
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`September 14, 2020
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`Date of Filing by the Clerk:
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`September 14, 2020
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