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IN RE AMENDMENT OF EIGHTH ORDER

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853 S.E.2d 359 (2020)

IN RE: AMENDMENT OF EIGHTH ORDER EXTENDING DECLARATION OF JUDICIAL EMERGENCY IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

August 7, 2020.

Code § 17.1-330(A) provides the Court with the authority to declare a judicial emergency. The first requirement for such a declaration is the existence of a "disaster." COVID-19 qualifies as a disaster because it is a "communicable disease of public health threat" under Code § 44-146.16, which Code § 17.1-330(A) incorporates by reference.

Second, Code § 17.1-330(A) requires that the disaster "substantially endanger[] or impede[] the ... ability...

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