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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-015	Standing Order No. 2 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresSuspension of all civil and criminal jury trials and petit jury duty through April 15, 2020; postponement of case reviews and…	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-021	Order Declaring a Judicial EmergencyDeclaration of a statewide judicial emergency effective 8:00 a.m. March 16, 2020 for 30 days; trial courts authorized to continue all trials…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (Chief Justice; statewide)Court	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-023	Announcement of March 18, 2020 (oral arguments cancelled through May 2020)All oral arguments before the Supreme Court through the end of May 2020 cancelled; appeals decided on the papers	Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of DelawareCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-069	Statewide Order by the Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, March 23, 2020All jury trials in California suspended and continued for 60 days; criminal and civil trial deadlines extended 60 days; superior courts…	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. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-011	Notice Regarding COVID-19 (Bid Opportunities)Notice closing Purchasing Services to the public, halting public bid openings and moving all Judicial Branch bids and proposals to…	Connecticut Judicial Branch, Office of the Chief Court Administrator, Materials Management - Purchasing Services	Connecticut Judicial Branch, Office of the Chief Court Administrator (statewide)Court	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-047	Administrative Order No. 5: Use of Face Masks/Coverings in Court FacilitiesFace coverings required for court staff, lawyers, litigants, jurors, contractors, vendors and all visitors in common and public areas of…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-031	Standing Order No. 7 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresExtension of every expiration date in Standing Orders Nos. 1-6 to June 13, 2020; recital of Supreme Court AOs Nos. 3-6 (courthouse closures…	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	May 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
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-010	Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (June 30, 2020)Statewide administrative order continuing the exclusion categories and requiring courts holding in-person proceedings to adopt screening…	Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court	Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)Court	June 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	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-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-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-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
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-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

Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden), Standing Order No. 2 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary Measures (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-015)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-021)
Supreme Court of Delaware, Announcement of March 18, 2020 (oral arguments cancelled through May 2020) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-023)
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 23, 2020 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-069)
Connecticut Judicial Branch, Office of the Chief Court Administrator, Materials Management - Purchasing Services, Notice Regarding COVID-19 (Bid Opportunities) (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-011)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 5: Use of Face Masks/Coverings in Court Facilities (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-047)
Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden), Standing Order No. 7 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary Measures (May 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-031)
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 Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court, Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (June 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-010)
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)
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)
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. 2020-07 (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)
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)
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)

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