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February 1, 2021 ¦ Vol. 47, No. 5 ¦ $10.00 See Page 28

Postponed Again: CT Federal

Jury Trials Still Months Away

By ROBERT STORACE
As COVID-19 cases in Connecticut continue
to grow and as health officials worry about
a new strain of the virus, administrators
in both state and federal courts have announced
there will continue to be a pause in both criminal
and civil jury trials.
On the state side, where jury trials were slated
to resume Nov. 2, 2020, and then were pushed
back to Dec. 31, there is uncertainty on when they
might resume.
“The Judicial Branch continues to monitor the
pandemic, and no date has been set to resume jury
trials,” said Judicial Branch spokeswoman Rhonda
Stearley-Hebert.
On the federal side, jury trials, which were U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill for the District of
scheduled to resume Feb. 1, have now been pushed Connecticut. Courtesy photo

back to May 3. experts and analyzing the health data, said Chief
The decision to push back jury trials at the state’s Judge Stefan Underhill of the U.S. District Court
three federal courthouses in Hartford, Bridgeport for the District of Connecticut.
and New Haven were made after talking to health
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