Chief judge suspends Miami-Dade County jury trials amid COVID surge

Source: WPLG

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade County Circuit Chief Judge Nushin G. Sayfie issued an order to temporarily halt all jury trials in Miami-Dade courts.

Sayfie, who judges elected in February, made the “Jury Trial Moratorium” announcement via e-mail on Thursday night to members of Miami-Dade County’s legal community.

“We have at all times been guided by the science,” Sayfie wrote in the e-mail.

Sayfie wrote she made the decision after a meeting with public health experts and attorneys to discuss the ongoing surge in COVID cases.

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle sent an e-mail to about 1,200 employees announcing Sayfie’s temporary suspension.

“The experts anticipate that there should be a substantial decrease in our community infection rate within the upcoming weeks,” Fernandez Rundle wrote. “I anticipate we will be going back to full steam ahead shortly thereafter.”

Earlier this week, Fernandez Rundle welcomed a Nomi Health testing station at the Graham Building to provide unlimited free testing to prosecutors and staff.

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