General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-003)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Chapter 77, sec. 7707) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-004)
Governor Tom Wolf, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 6, 2020) (Ex. PA-001)
Delaware County Council (Chairman Brian P. Zidek); Department of Public Relations, Emergency Declaration (Mar. 7, 2020) and Council Resolution continuing it (Mar. 10, 2020) (County release: Delaware County March 10 Update on Novel Coronavirus) (Ex. MET-PHL-046)
Delaware County Council, Resolution continuing the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration (Resolution 31-2020, Mar. 10, 2020) (county PDF 'COVID19Resolution.pdf') (Ex. MET-PHL-072)
Bucks County Board of Commissioners (Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Robert Harvie Jr., Gene DiGirolamo), Resolution Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-039)
Mayor William Peduto (ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Resolution 140 of 2020, March 17, 2020), Declaration of Emergency (Declaration of Disaster Emergency) of the City of Pittsburgh (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-009)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian, PennDOT 'Coronavirus Statewide' operations page, updated 10:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020: all Driver License and Photo License Centers closed from close of business Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; driver licenses, photo IDs, learner's permits, CDLs, registrations, safety and emissions inspections and disability placards expiring Mar. 16-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; CDL downgrades for expired medical certificates paused under FMCSA waivers; driver exams through Apr. 3 cancelled; all district and county maintenance offices closed for two weeks; 'construction projects have been suspended in all counties until further notice'; rest areas and welcome centers closed statewide from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 17 with a list of reopened locations; motorcycle training clinics postponed; REAL ID issuance paused; Acting Secretary's order accepting electronic administrative-appeal filings (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-100)
Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners), Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-043)
President Judge Idee C. Fox and Administrative Judge Jacqueline F. Allen, President Judge Administrative Order No. 7 of 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-049)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.), Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-066)
Louis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director, and Samuel M. Spino, Emergency Management Coordinator, County of Camden, Proclamation of Local Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-079)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-001 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-010)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-002 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-011)
Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page, Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-050)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-084)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), PennDOT release (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-102)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Order of Mar. 16, 2020, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (statewide judicial emergency) (Ex. SEC-12-040)
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court of Philadelphia), Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-048)
Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 9 of 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-050)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 140 of 2020, File 2020-0221, Resolution 140 of 2020 ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-056)
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-117)
President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr, Emergency Order No. 2020-01 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-047)
Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds (Jeanne Sorg) / County of Montgomery, Coronavirus Update: Montgomery County Offices Closed to the Public (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-086)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Administrative Order closing all Pennsylvania courts to the public (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-085)
Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, Industry Operation Guidance: Life-Sustaining Businesses list accompanying the Mar. 19, 2020 Orders closing all businesses that are not life sustaining (Ex. SEC-09-007)
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-017)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Supplemental Order - Common Pleas essential functions (non-exhaustive list), Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. PA-086)
Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Limited Suspension of In-person Regulatory Requirements for Notaries for Real Estate Transactions (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. PA-093)
Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), DRPA 'COVID-19 Travel Information & Updates': all-electronic (cashless) tolling at all four bridges effective 6:00 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020 until further notice; no collectors in lanes; toll invoices mailed to non-E-ZPass owners; customer-service voicemail only (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young), Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely) (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-068)
Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 24 of 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-051)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Second Supplemental Order extending the general statewide judicial emergency and court closure through Apr. 30, 2020; jurors not to report; evictions, ejectments and executions on orders of possession stayed (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. PA-087)
Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Allows Remote Notarization of Some Documents During Coronavirus Emergency (estate planning and other records) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. PA-096)
Christine A. Ward, J, Order of Court of April 6, 2020 extending the March 16, 2020 order that the Sheriff shall not execute writs of possession (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-019)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor to Ensure the Efficient Allocation and Effective Use of Critical Medical Resources (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. PA-052)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-018)
General Assembly; approved by Governor Wolf Apr. 20, 2020, Act 15 of 2020 (S.B. 841) (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. PA-076)
General Assembly of Pennsylvania (Act of Apr. 20, 2020, P.L. 82, No. 15), Act 15 of 2020 (S.B. 841) (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-048)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order directing local courts to restore more operations from May 4, 2020, continuing the statewide judicial emergency through June 1, 2020, and extending the eviction stay to May 11, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. PA-088)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (May 7, 2020) (Ex. PA-056)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Related to the Dispossession of Property (May 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-021)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), PennDOT news release: Limited Services Available at Additional PennDOT Driver License and Photo License Centers in Yellow Phase Counties (May 15, 2020) (Ex. PA-103)
Department of Human Services (Office of Children, Youth and Families), with the Commonwealth's fingerprint vendor IdentoGO (IDEMIA), Fingerprinting FAQs (May 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-19-015)
President Judge Idee C. Fox, President Judge Administrative Order Amended No. 33 of 2020 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-052)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (scope) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. PA-060)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order on the cessation of the general statewide judicial emergency after June 1, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (May 27, 2020) (Ex. PA-089)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (first 90-day renewal) (June 3, 2020) (Ex. PA-012)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks) (Ex. MET-PIT-020)
Delaware County Council (Chairman Brian P. Zidek) / Department of Public Relations, Release: Delaware County Government Center Opening June 29 (safety procedures for employees and the public) (June 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-042)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Staying Notice Requirements for Specified Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (extension to Aug. 31, 2020) (July 9, 2020) (Ex. PA-063)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Authorizing Commonwealth Agencies to Conduct Administrative Proceedings Online by Video or Telephonic Means (July 10, 2020) (Ex. PA-064)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of July 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-021)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 7, 2020: Judicial Temporary Prohibition on Commencement of Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-022)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (second 90-day renewal) (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. PA-018)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (August 31, 2020) (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-023)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of August 31, 2020), with the attached Order on Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-024)
Administrative Judge, Trial Division (Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County), Trial Division Administrative Docket No. 56 of 2020 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-053)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of September 15, 2020: Resumption of Jury Trials (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-025)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of November 20, 2020) (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-026)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (third 90-day renewal) (Nov. 24, 2020) (Ex. PA-026)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of December 3, 2020) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-028)
Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Health Systems, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Pharmacies to Vaccinate Certain Health Care Personnel (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-016)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (December 3, 2020) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-027)
Hon. Lisette Shirdan-Harris, Administrative Judge, Trial Division, and Hon. Leon W. Tucker, Supervising Judge, Criminal Section, Trial Division - Criminal Administrative Docket No. 01 of 2021 (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-054)
President Judge Kevin F. Kelly, Sixth Order Extending the Thirty-Second Judicial District's Past Declared Emergency (Jan. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-075)
Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-003)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (fourth 90-day renewal) (Feb. 19, 2021) (Ex. PA-030)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 6 of 2021, File 2021-1237, Ordinance 6 of 2021 adding Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-047)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of March 26, 2021: Public Access to Remote Proceedings (AD-2021-43-PJ) (Mar. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-038)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 31, 2021) (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-029)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 12 of 2021, File 2021-1359, Ordinance 12 of 2021 amending Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19 (Apr. 6, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-054)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of April 19, 2021: Resumption of Jury Trials in the Criminal Division (Apr. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-030)
President Judge Idee C. Fox, President Judge Administrative Order No. 18 of 2021 (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-056)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of April 26, 2021) (Apr. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-031)
Patrick F. Dugan, President Judge, Philadelphia Municipal Court, Municipal Court President Judge Administrative Order No. 19 of 2021 (May 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-057)
Hon. Sheila Woods-Skipper, Administrative Judge, Orphans' Court Division, Orphans' Court Division Administrative Docket No. 17 of 2021 (Apr. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-055)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (fifth renewal) (May 20, 2021) (Ex. PA-112)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of May 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-032)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 2, 2021: Continuance of Sheriff Sale Proceedings for Certain Residential Real Estate (Ex. MET-PIT-033)
General Assembly of Pennsylvania (Senate 30-20; House 121-81), House Resolution No. 106, Session of 2021, Printer's No. 1753 (concurrent resolution terminating the March 6, 2020 proclamation of disaster emergency) (June 10, 2021) (Ex. PA-039)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 431 of 2021, File 2021-1651, Resolution 431 of 2021 renewing the Declaration of Disaster Emergency for thirty-five additional days, to August 3, 2021 (June 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-048)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of July 1, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-92-PJ) (Ex. MET-PIT-034)
Orphans' Court Division (Administrative Judge), Orphans' Court Division Administrative Docket No. 22 of 2021 (June 28, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-058)
Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Updated Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (July 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-068)
Hon. Lisette Shirdan-Harris, Administrative Judge, Trial Division, and Hon. Daniel J. Anders, Supervising Judge, Civil Section, Trial Division Administrative Docket No. 27 of 2021 (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-060)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020), Fifth Judicial District Request to Temporarily Authorize Court Order to Reduce Evictions (August 4, 2021) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-035)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 6, 2021: Fifth Judicial District Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (AD-21-110) (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-039)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 9, 2021: Fifth Judicial District Masking Requirements (AD-21-118) (Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-036)
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners with the Office of Public Health, Requirement that all staff and visitors wear masks in all County buildings and facilities from Aug. 16, 2021; recommendation of indoor masking regardless of vaccination status (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-089)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020), Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (August 26, 2021): extension of the judicial emergency through October 1, 2021 (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-037)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 31, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-128): Advanced Communication Technology and Rule 600 suspension through October 1, 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-040)
Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 25 of 2021 (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-059)
President Judge Kevin F. Kelly, Order Extending Stay of Residential Property Evictions; Third and Fourth Orders Extending Stay of Residential Property Ejectment, Eviction and/or Possession and Stay of Levy and Attachment of Personal Property (2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-073)
Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District, Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-090)
