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Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-005In 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 rulesWorkers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)CourtOct. 27, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-012Notice: 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)CourtDec. 2, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-056Administrative Order No. 14: Extension of Judicial Emergency (December 2020)Ninth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency; Phase 2 continuedChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtDec. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036General 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 CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006In 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 OrderWorkers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)CourtDec. 15, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Stay-at-homeCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021)Standing order resuming foreclosure mediations, virtually, effective March 1, 2021Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil DivisionConnecticut Superior Court (Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division) (statewide)CourtFeb. 25, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034General 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 CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtApr. 27, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-059Administrative 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 trialsChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtApr. 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029Release: 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 SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060Administrative 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 DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-038General 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 CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtJune 25, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-040Release: 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 SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtJune 29, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061Administrative 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 DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJune 29, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-080Supreme 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 MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)CourtJuly 1, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-042Memorandum 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 CountyCourtJuly 23, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-039General 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 CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Domestic Violence Division)CourtAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-041Release: 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)CourtAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062Administrative 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 DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-020Board 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 BoardNew York State Workers' Compensation Board (statewide administrative tribunal)CourtOct. 4, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035General 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 CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtOct. 19, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-046Statewide 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 CouncilJudicial Council of California; Chief Justice of California (statewide)CourtMar. 3, 2022Courts and public officesPrimary source read