J.D. v. M.F.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that COVID-related delay was justified under the Speedy Trial Act
• observing that “surely a global pandemic that has claimed more than half a million lives in this country, and nearly 60,000 in California alone, falls within such unique circumstances to permit a court to temporarily suspend jury trials in the interest of public health”
• reversing dismissal of indictment on speedy trial grounds where pandemic caused delay
• “[S]urely a global pandemic . . . falls within such unique circumstances to permit a court to temporarily suspend jury trials in the interest of public health.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).