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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-071Administrative Order, 'Continued Modifications to Court Operations' (Mar. 20, 2020)Continued Modifications to Court OperationsChief Judge Sharon ProstUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitCourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-312Standing Order 2020-05In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Chief Judge James K. BredarUnited States District Court for the District of MarylandCourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. LA-060Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 20, 2020 (filing deadlines)Order extending filings due to the Supreme Court between March 12 and April 13, 2020 to April 14, 2020Supreme Court of LouisianaLouisianaCourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-015Order Regarding Continuity of Operations at a Reduced Docket of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Continuity of Operations at a Reduced Docket of the Court Due to COVID-19 PandemicJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General DivisionCuyahoga County, OhioCourtMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-008Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency (Second General Order), No. 20MS000159Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-011Administrative Order 20-09 (Court Operations of Civil Matters in Response to COVID-19)Administrative Order 20-09Chief Judge Linda Marie BellClark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District)CourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-044Order, Temporary Court Closure, Court-Declared Holiday March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020Order: Temporary Court Closure; Court-Declared Holiday - March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourtMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MT-055Letter from the Chief Justice to Montana Courts of Limited Jurisdiction Judges (release of jail populations; remote hearings)Letter of March 20, 2020 to Montana Courts of Limited Jurisdiction JudgesChief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of MontanaMontana (statewide judiciary)CourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-075Administrative Order AO/78/20No papers accepted for filing by any county clerk or court in any matter not on the list of essential matters (criminal arraignments and…Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. MarksNew York State Unified Court System (statewide, including the New York City courts)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-072Administrative Order AO/78/20No papers accepted for filing by any county clerk or court in non-essential mattersChief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. MarksNew YorkCourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-072Wisconsin Court System COVID-19 page listing the Supreme Court's administrative orders, including 'In Re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Filed May 22, 2020)' and the March 22, 2020 remote-hearing orderWisconsin Court System: COVID-19 orders indexWisconsin Supreme Court and Director of State Courts (index page as captured Sept. 15, 2020)Wisconsin (statewide court system; context for Milwaukee and Dane County courts)CourtMar. 22, 2020Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MO-024Order dated March 22, 2020, In re: Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic (superseding the order of March 16, 2020)Suspension of all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courts and grand juriesSupreme Court of MissouriMissouri (all State courts)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NY-060Administrative Order AO/78/20No papers to be accepted for filing except in essential mattersChief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. MarksNew York (Unified Court System)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-033Administrative Order AO/78/20Suspension of filings in non-essential mattersChief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. MarksNew YorkCourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-025Order, In re the Matter of Jury Trials During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder continuing all civil and criminal jury trialsWisconsin Supreme Court (administrative and superintending authority, Wis. Const. art. VII, § 3)WisconsinCourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-026Order, In re the Matter of Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder suspending all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courtsWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-012Press release keeping the building closed and cancelling May-June 2020 trial sessions (Mar. 23, 2020)Press Release: building remains closed; personnel remote; May 4-June 30, 2020 trial sessions cancelledUnited States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All CourtsAll courthouses and administrative offices closed to the public from March 23 to April 15, 2020; essential matters only, remotely where…Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.)Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-069Statewide 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 CouncilJudicial Council of California; Chief Justice of California (statewide)CourtMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AK-051Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8131 (Amended)Special Order 8131 (all superior and district court proceedings suspended March 23 through April 3, 2020 except priority hearings)Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger, Alaska Supreme CourtAlaska (statewide courts)CourtMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. CA-041Statewide Order of March 23, 2020Statewide order suspending all jury trials in California superior courts for 60 daysChief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial CouncilCaliforniaCourtMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-284Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042In re: Coronavirus Public Emergency - Activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (courthouses closed)Chief Judge Virginia A. PhillipsUnited States District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Riverside)CourtMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-310Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02In re: Restrictions on Visitors to CourthousesChief Judge James K. BredarUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore, Greenbelt)CourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-033Order Directing Courthouse Closures, SCMF-20-0000152Order closing all judiciary facilities to the public except for official court business (Mar. 20, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IN-075Order, No. 20S-CB-123 (Mar. 23, 2020)Order declaring an emergency in the Supreme Court and Clerk of Courts; tolling appellate deadlines; suspending in-person filingIndiana Supreme CourtIndianaCourtMar. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read