NDTX Postpones All Federal Trials for Six Weeks; Texas Office of Court Administration Offers New Guidelines for Judges on COVID-19

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas issued an order Friday afternoon that calls for all civil and criminal trials scheduled now through May 1 to be reset at a later date as a result of concerns over the coronavirus.

Earlier Friday, the Texas Office of Court Administration announced that state court judges and clerks should schedule or suspend proceeding “to avoid the gathering of large groups of people” until at least April due to COVID-19.