Judge Lisa Munyon

A sweeping rules petition designed to promote permanent, broader access to remote court proceedings won’t jeopardize the rights of rural or low-income Floridians or Baker Act respondents, the chair of a Supreme Court COVID-19 Workgroup told justices.

At February 8 oral arguments, Ninth Circuit Judge Lisa Munyon, chair of the “Workgroup on the Continuity of Court Operations and Proceedings During and After COVID-19,” said the 18-member panel carefully considered the more than 100 comments the proposal generated after it was filed July 1.