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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-007	Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (No. S-20-247)First statewide administrative order: exclusion of exposed, quarantined, symptomatic and recently travelled persons from court proceedings…	Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court	Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)Court	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076	Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144)Persons diagnosed with, exposed to or symptomatic of coronavirus, persons asked to self-quarantine, and persons who had travelled to China…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-043	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0010-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - workers' compensation issuesBulletin ceasing orders for designated-doctor examinations, suspending all scheduled RME, DD and referral examinations, tolling…	Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation	Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (State workers' compensation regulator and adjudicator; statewide)Court	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-044	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0012-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Labor Code and DWC Rules Related to Workers' CompensationBulletin announcing the Governor's suspension of specified Labor Code provisions and DWC rules (deadlines and in-person requirements) for…	Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation	Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)Court	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-008	Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (second order)Second statewide administrative order, reciting that all 93 counties were under Directed Health Measures and re-imposing the exclusion and…	Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court	Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)Court	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-068	California Rules of Court, Appendix I: Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19 (Emergency rules 1-13, adopted April 6, 2020, as amended)Statewide emergency rules: Emergency rule 1 barred issuance of unlawful-detainer summonses and defaults except to protect public health and…	Judicial Council of California	Judicial Council of California (statewide rulemaking body of the California courts)Court	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-045	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0019-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of a provision of Health and Safety Code and a DWC rule related to workers' compensationBulletin implementing the Governor's suspension of the 10-day exposure-testing requirement for emergency responders' workers' compensation…	Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation	Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)Court	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	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-030	Administrative Order 2020-1, In re: Filing Regarding Compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ('CARES Act')Requirement that every foreclosure plaintiff file an Affidavit in Support of Compliance with the CARES Act before any action in a mortgage…	Superior Court of the State of Delaware	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	July 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	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-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-036	General 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 County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	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-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

Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court, Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (No. S-20-247) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-007)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076)
Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0010-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - workers' compensation issues (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-043)
Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0012-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Labor Code and DWC Rules Related to Workers' Compensation (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-044)
Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court, Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (second order) (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-008)
Judicial Council of California, California Rules of Court, Appendix I: Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19 (Emergency rules 1-13, adopted April 6, 2020, as amended) (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-068)
Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0019-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of a provision of Health and Safety Code and a DWC rule related to workers' compensation (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-045)
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)
Superior Court of the State of Delaware, Administrative Order 2020-1, In re: Filing Regarding Compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ('CARES Act') (July 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-030)
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)
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 Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachments (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036)
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)
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)

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