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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-051	Administrative Order No. 9: Extension of Judicial EmergencyFifth 30-day extension effective Aug. 7, 2020; Phase 2 continued; Phase 3 deferred citing 'new quarantine requirements by other states, and…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Aug. 5, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032	General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020)Resumption of operations from July 6, 2020 with all matters by videoconference to the extent reasonably possible, no jury trials, remote…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and suburban Cook County; the largest unified trial court in the United States)Court	Sept. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-004	In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 4, Misc. No. 263En banc decision rescinding, as of Sept. 1, 2020, the suspension of the report-deadline rules and continuing the other March 18, 2020…	Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)	California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)Court	July 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-027	Release: Delaware Judiciary unveils plan to resume jury trials in October, extends emergency until Oct. 5, 2020Release announcing the jury-trial resumption plan (modified Phase 3 from October 2020; facilities to 75 percent capacity) and the extension…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	Sept. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-052	Administrative Order No. 10: Extension of Judicial Emergency (with the Jury Management Plan as Exhibit 1)Sixth 30-day extension effective Sept. 6, 2020; Phase 2 continued in September; modified Phase 3 from Oct. 5, 2020 with courthouses open to…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Sept. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-063	Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, September 9, 2020 (eighth in the series)Eighth emergency order for the Los Angeles Superior Court: sessions anywhere in the county; Sept. 9-Oct. 8, 2020 deemed holidays for filing…	Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, at the request of Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile	Judicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (the largest trial court in the United States)Court	Sept. 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-064	Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, September 11, 2020Supplemental emergency order extending time under Gov. Code § 68115 for the Orange County Superior Court (September-October 2020)	Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council	Judicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of OrangeCourt	Sept. 11, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-067	Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, September 15, 2020Supplemental emergency order for the Sacramento Superior Court (September-October 2020)	Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council	Judicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of SacramentoCourt	Sept. 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-066	Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, September 28, 2020Supplemental emergency order for the Riverside Superior Court (September-October 2020)	Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council	Judicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Sept. 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053	Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial EmergencySeventh 30-day extension effective Oct. 6, 2020; Phase 3 commenced Oct. 5, 2020; audiovisual proceedings; Speedy Trial Guidelines tolled; AO…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-065	Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, October 5, 2020 (sixteenth in the series)Sixteenth emergency order for the San Diego Superior Court: Penal Code § 825 arraignment deadline extended from 48 hours to up to 7 days for…	Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, at the request of Presiding Judge Lorna A. Alksne	Judicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of San DiegoCourt	Oct. 5, 2020	2020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-009	Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (filed Nov. 3, 2020)Statewide administrative order requiring every court holding in-person proceedings to adopt a written transmission-control plan (telephonic…	Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court	Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)Court	Nov. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-055	Administrative Order No. 12: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Nov. 4, 2020)Eighth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency (early November 2020)	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Nov. 4, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-028	Release: Delaware Courts pause jury trials in response to increasing COVID 19 cases (return to Phase Two)Release announcing the postponement of jury trials and the return to Phase Two: capacity cut from 75 to 50 percent, no more than ten…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-054	Administrative Order No. 13: Return to Phase 2 of the Reopening PlanWinter 2020 re-tightening: courts returned to Phase 2 from Nov. 16, 2020 (jury trials postponed; capacity to 50 percent; ten visitors per…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033	General Administrative Order No. 2020-07: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Modification of OperationsWinter 2020 re-tightening: all matters by videoconference except in extraordinary or compelling circumstances; judges and employees to work…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Nov. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-005	In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 6, Misc. No. 265En banc decision rescinding, as of Dec. 1, 2020, the suspension of the trial-exhibit rules	Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)	California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)Court	Oct. 27, 2020	2020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-012	Notice: Resumption of Supreme Court and Appellate Court Requirements or Deadlines and Requirements and Deadlines Related to Offers of CompromiseNotice fixing the schedule for the expiration of the suspension of statutory time requirements, statutes of limitations and deadlines in…	Connecticut Judicial Branch (Chief Court Administrator in consultation with the Chief Justice)	Connecticut Judicial Branch (Supreme and Appellate Courts; Chief Court Administrator) (statewide)Court	Dec. 2, 2020	2020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-056	Administrative Order No. 14: Extension of Judicial Emergency (December 2020)Ninth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency; Phase 2 continued	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Dec. 5, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036	General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachmentsEstablishment of the Early Resolution Program for residential eviction and consumer-debt cases (free legal aid and mediation before cases…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006	In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 7, Misc. No. 266En banc decision suspending WCAB Rule 10789(c) (walk-through document assignment hours) in light of the Regional Stay At Home Order	Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)	California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)Court	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Stay-at-homeCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013	Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021)Standing order resuming foreclosure mediations, virtually, effective March 1, 2021	Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division	Connecticut Superior Court (Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division) (statewide)Court	Feb. 25, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034	General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021)Spring 2021 amendment: videoconference remains the default for all matters; judges to work remotely; masks for all persons; residential…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Apr. 27, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-059	Administrative Order No. 19 (April 30, 2021): Extension of Judicial Emergency; Phase 3 to commence June 1, 2021, with an updated Jury Management Plan (Exhibit 1)Fourteenth extension; direction that Phase 3 of the Reopening Plan, as modified, commence June 1, 2021 with jury trials	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029	Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021Release announcing the fifteenth 30-day extension, the June 1, 2021 return to Phase 3 with jury trials, the continued courthouse mask…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 9: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-051)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032)
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc), In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 4, Misc. No. 263 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-004)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Judiciary unveils plan to resume jury trials in October, extends emergency until Oct. 5, 2020 (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-027)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 10: Extension of Judicial Emergency (with the Jury Management Plan as Exhibit 1) (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-052)
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, at the request of Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile, Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, September 9, 2020 (eighth in the series) (Sept. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-063)
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, September 11, 2020 (Sept. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-064)
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, September 15, 2020 (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-067)
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, September 28, 2020 (Sept. 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-066)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053)
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, at the request of Presiding Judge Lorna A. Alksne, Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, October 5, 2020 (sixteenth in the series) (Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-065)
Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court, Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (filed Nov. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-009)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 12: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Nov. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-055)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Courts pause jury trials in response to increasing COVID 19 cases (return to Phase Two) (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-028)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 13: Return to Phase 2 of the Reopening Plan (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-054)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Modification of Operations (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033)
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc), In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 6, Misc. No. 265 (Oct. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-005)
Connecticut Judicial Branch (Chief Court Administrator in consultation with the Chief Justice), Notice: Resumption of Supreme Court and Appellate Court Requirements or Deadlines and Requirements and Deadlines Related to Offers of Compromise (Dec. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-012)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 14: Extension of Judicial Emergency (December 2020) (Dec. 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-056)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachments (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036)
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc), In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 7, Misc. No. 266 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006)
Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division, Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021) (Feb. 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021) (Apr. 27, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 19 (April 30, 2021): Extension of Judicial Emergency; Phase 3 to commence June 1, 2021, with an updated Jury Management Plan (Exhibit 1) (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-059)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029)

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