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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048	Administrative Order No. 7 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 8, 2020; adoption of the four-phase Courts Reopening Plan)Third 30-day extension; Phase 1 reopening from June 8, 2020 and Phase 2 from June 15, 2020: courthouses open to the public with face…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-050	Administrative Order No. 8: Extension of Judicial EmergencyFourth 30-day extension effective July 8, 2020; courts to remain in Phase 2; no entry into Phase 3 'until medical experts believe it is…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
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-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-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-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-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-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
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-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-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-057	Administrative Order No. 15: Extension of Judicial Emergency (January 2021)Tenth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continued (jury trials remained postponed)	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court		2021 Q1	Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-058	Administrative Order No. 17: Extension of Judicial Emergency (March 2021)Twelfth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continued	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court		2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079	Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court		2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 7 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 8, 2020; adoption of the four-phase Courts Reopening Plan) (June 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 8: Extension of Judicial Emergency (July 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-050)
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)
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 Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053)
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)
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 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)
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)
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. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 15: Extension of Judicial Emergency (January 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-057)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 17: Extension of Judicial Emergency (March 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-058)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079)

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