Based on the reported infection and hospitalization rates in Contra Costa and surrounding counties, coupled with the continued uptick in COVID-19 infections among court personnel, attorneys, litigants and other court users, the Superior Court suspended new jury trials beginning December 27, 2021.
The current suspension was set to end today.
Because these conditions continue, the Court has extended the suspension of new jury trials for one week, through February 4, 2022.
The Court hopes to resume full operations on February 7, 2022, but the current risk of continued exposure and spread of the new COVID-19 variant continues to be too great for those who work for or at the Court, access court
facilities, and appear in courtrooms (including those who are detained in county jail or live in congregant care facilities).
As before, all other court operations, including access to the Court Clerk’s Offices, remain uninterrupted.
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Add judges to the list of people that don’t want to work in the bay.
Does that mean I don’t have to call in Monday?
Why is it that they never suspend jury trials when there is a flu outbreak?
Oops! I hit the submit button too soon. What I meant to say is, why is it that they never suspend jury trials when there is a flu outbreak? Is it because flu shots work, and COVID shots are a lot of hooey?
By the way, I’m being nice when I use the word, “hooey.”
Nah. Flu shots never worked either! It’s just more bull from people who don’t want to work and want to destroy America.
Now if the police would also declare a time-out, maybe all crime would stop.
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GET BACK TO WORK!
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No right to a quick trial, huh? People want to live in fear too much and I guess can just decline to do their jobs? Thanks, liberals. Just keep wasting money.
No they have removed the 4the amendment right to a speedy trial due to”emergency covid blah blah blah”.it took someone I know 2 years to get to trail,and by then the case was weak and the”victim” was gone.Its a complete violation of your rights,and when you threaten to sue,they say you can’t and the PD office laughs at you at tells you so many people have files lawsuit against them it will take years for yours to be heard.The court house is a joke and they yell at you to put the mask over your nose.All the judges and PD’s are females,all the men have jumped ship.
Why waste time and money on trials … laws are not enforced as it is … let’em run wild and the chips fall where they may … law enforcement is a waste of time and money … as long as the 1 percenters are protected by their private guards let everybody else fend for themselves and spend the money wasted on law enforcement to house and feed the homeless … oh and buy them drugs and booze too. # sarcasm
Looks like more time to cut deals and plea bargains, and let them out through the revolving door once again.
@Dawg – Flu shots also don’t work at times. This year is worse than usual as the one of the main flu variants mutated after the formula for this season’s shots was developed. The hope is that a variant that we are not vaccinated for won’t become the main one or that the variant is harmless.
Widespread diseases are always a moving target when it comes to developing a vaccine for them. If a disease is rare then there are few instances and thus few chances for a mutation appearing and then taking hold in the community.
While the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is relatively harmless compared to standard COVID-19 it’s still more dangerous than any of the flu variants we have seen. Continuing the suspension of jury trials for one more week makes sense to me. It appears that other court-related activities are continuing and so the entire system is not stalled.
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