Order — U.S. v. Maurice Fayne (Dkt. 11, N.D. Ga. No. 1:20-cr-00228, GAND 278523)

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A copy of the Northern District of Georgia's third amendment to General Order 20-01 on court operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, filed 05/27/20 as Document 11 in United States v. Maurice Fayne, case 1:20-cr-00228. The order extends the general order's time periods through July 3, 2020, bars civil and criminal jury trials until then, and allows grand jury proceedings to resume before that date. It excludes the period of any resulting continuance from Speedy Trial Act calculations, finding that the ends of justice outweigh the interest in a speedy trial, and incorporates that finding in each pending case.

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FILED IN CLERK’S OFFICE
U.SD.C. -Atlanta
MAY
U N ITEI) STATES I)ISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN l)ISTRICT OF CEORCIA
IN RE: COURT OIE RATIONS UNDER
THE EXICENT CIRCt]MSTANCES
CENtRAL ORI)tR 20-01
CREATEL) BY COVII)-19 ANt) RELATED
Third Amendment
CORONA VIRUS
ORDER
(ieneral Otder 2t)—0 I
- dated March
I 6. 2020. amended by Order dated Match 30.
2020. and Ilirthet- amended by Order dated April 3t). 2t)2t). addresses court opetatiofls br
the United States [)istrict Court For the Northern [)istrict of Georgia under the exigent
circumstances created by the spread ot COVID- 19. The adverse conditions giving tise to
General Order 20—01 not yet having sufliciently resolved for the Court to return to normal
operatioils,
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Genetal Order 20-01, as twice amended, is
further amended to extend the time periods specified therein through and including the date
of July 3, 2020.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that while there will he no civil or criminal jury
trials in any division of the Northern [)istrict of Georgia until after said date. grand jury
proceedings may he held beginning .lune 1, 2t)20, and SUH1JI1OflS may he issued prior to itily
3, 2t)20 to prospective jurors kr proceedings scheduled to begin after July 3, 2020.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the time period of any continuance entered as
a result ul this Order (hether that continuance causes a pre—indictment delay or a
pre—trial delay) shall
be exeltided tinder tile Speedy
Trial Act.
I 8
t .S.C.
§
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3 I 6 I ( h )( 7 )( /\ ). as the Court lincis that the ends olj iist ice served by tak lug that action
otitweiih the interests of the parties and the ptibl ic in a speedy trial. Absent Fiurthet’
Order ot the Court or any individual judge. the period ol exclusion shall be from
March 23, 2020, throtih and includimz
.1 uly 3. 2020.
l’he Court may extend the
period ol’ excitision as circumstances may warrant. ‘liiis Order and period
ol
excitision are incorporated by reference as a specillc flnding under 18 U.S.C. §
3 161 (h)(7)(A) in the tecotd ot each pending case where the Speedy Trial Act
applies. See Zedner v. Un/led Stales. 547 U.S. 489, 5t)6-07 (2006). The period of
exclusion in the Court’s prior orders on this subject, General Order 20—01 and its
two subsequent amendments, are likewise incorporated by reference as a specific
finding under
1 8 U.S.C. § 3 16 1 (h)(7)(A) in the record of each pending case where
the Speedy Trial Act applies.
ORDERED this
day of May 2020.
THOMAS W. THRASH, JR.
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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