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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