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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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-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-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-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-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
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060	Administrative Order No. 21 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 3, 2021; Phase 3 from June 1, 2021)Fifteenth 30-day extension; Phase 3 (jury trials) from June 1, 2021; staffing to 100 percent from July 6, 2021; audiovisual proceedings…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-038	General Administrative Order No. 2021-02: Residential eviction proceedings, proceduresProcedures governing residential eviction proceedings from June 25, 2021 as the statewide moratorium was phased out: which cases may be…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	June 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-040	Release: Delaware Courts to lift judicial emergency on July 13, 2021 and lift mask mandate for the fully vaccinated on July 1, 2021Release announcing the sixteenth and final extension (to July 13, 2021), the end of the mask mandate for fully vaccinated persons on July 1…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	June 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061	Administrative Order No. 22 (extension of the judicial emergency until 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021)Sixteenth and final extension: judicial emergency continued to 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021; audiovisual proceedings and tolling of the Speedy…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	June 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-080	Supreme Judicial Court Seventh Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (entered July 1, 2021, effective July 12, 2021; amended Dec. 31, 2021 and Jan. 24, 2022)Q3 2021 court-operations order: end of Phase 3 jury-trial limits on July 9, 2021 but continued COVID-19 provisions, including six-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court	July 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-042	Memorandum Regarding Jury Trial Proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas in New Castle CountyProtocols for the resumption of jury trials from August 2021: one trial day per week in August-September 2021, two in October; Zoom case…	Court of Common Pleas for the State of Delaware (New Castle County)	Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware, New Castle CountyCourt	July 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-039	General Administrative Order No. 2021-05: Domestic Violence Division Cases, Remote Proceedings, Continuance of Pending CasesDomestic Violence Division cases set July 26-Aug. 11, 2021 for in-person appearance continued to remote appearances; emergency orders of…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Domestic Violence Division)Court	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-041	Release: Delaware Courts to restore mask mandate on Monday, August 16, 2021 to combat the COVID-19 Delta variant; Chief Justice also orders mandatory weekly COVID testing for all unvaccinated court employeesRelease announcing universal masking in all State court facilities from Aug. 16, 2021 and weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial employees…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz ('as administrative head of all state courts')	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062	Administrative Order of August 11, 2021 (universal masking in judicial facilities; weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial officers and employees)Q3 2021 Delta-wave order: face masks for all persons entering any judicial facility regardless of vaccination status from Aug. 16, 2021…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-020	Board Announcement: Connecting during COVID-19Board announcement that the Workers' Compensation Board 'remains closed to the public' with hearings conducted only remotely (Virtual…	New York State Workers' Compensation Board	New York State Workers' Compensation Board (statewide administrative tribunal)Court	Oct. 4, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035	General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021Autumn 2021 amendment: courtroom distancing reduced from six to three feet; jury assembly areas expanded (Daley Center from Sept. 20, 2021…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Oct. 19, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-046	Statewide Order by the Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, March 3, 2022 (rescinding remaining provisions of the statewide orders of March 23, March 30, April 29 and June 10, 2020)Rescission order that recites the chain of statewide emergency orders (Mar. 23, Mar. 30, Apr. 29 and June 10, 2020) authorizing superior…	Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council	Judicial Council of California; Chief Justice of California (statewide)Court	Mar. 3, 2022		Courts and public offices	Primary source read

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 21 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 3, 2021; Phase 3 from June 1, 2021) (May 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2021-02: Residential eviction proceedings, procedures (June 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-038)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Courts to lift judicial emergency on July 13, 2021 and lift mask mandate for the fully vaccinated on July 1, 2021 (June 29, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-040)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 22 (extension of the judicial emergency until 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021) (June 29, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Seventh Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (entered July 1, 2021, effective July 12, 2021; amended Dec. 31, 2021 and Jan. 24, 2022) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-080)
Court of Common Pleas for the State of Delaware (New Castle County), Memorandum Regarding Jury Trial Proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas in New Castle County (July 23, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-042)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2021-05: Domestic Violence Division Cases, Remote Proceedings, Continuance of Pending Cases (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-039)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz ('as administrative head of all state courts'), Release: Delaware Courts to restore mask mandate on Monday, August 16, 2021 to combat the COVID-19 Delta variant; Chief Justice also orders mandatory weekly COVID testing for all unvaccinated court employees (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-041)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order of August 11, 2021 (universal masking in judicial facilities; weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial officers and employees) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062)
New York State Workers' Compensation Board, Board Announcement: Connecting during COVID-19 (Oct. 4, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-020)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035)
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, Statewide Order by the Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, March 3, 2022 (rescinding remaining provisions of the statewide orders of March 23, March 30, April 29 and June 10, 2020) (Mar. 3, 2022) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-046)

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