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Ex. ECO-C-054Judicial Conference finding of March 29, 2020 under CARES Act § 15002 (announced March 31, 2020)Judiciary Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 PandemicJudicial Conference of the United States (Administrative Office release)United States (federal judiciary)CourtMar. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-295Judicial Conference finding under CARES Act § 15002 that emergency conditions due to the COVID-19 national emergency will materially affect the functioning of the federal courts generallyJudiciary Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 Pandemic (uscourts.gov, Mar. 31, 2020)Judicial Conference of the United States (finding of Mar. 29, 2020), announced by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Mar. 31, 2020United States federal courts (all districts)CourtMar. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-020Judicial Conference finding of Mar. 29, 2020 (announced Mar. 31, 2020)Judiciary Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 PandemicJudicial Conference of the United States (Administrative Office release)United StatesCourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-335General Order 75Temporary Suspension of Personal Service Rules (COVID-19)Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-065Pandemic Management Order PMO-SJC-1 (original)PMO-SJC-1: Revised Emergency Order and Notice from the Maine Supreme Judicial CourtMaine Supreme Judicial CourtMaineCourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-066PMO-SJC-1 as revised through May 6, 2021PMO-SJC-1 (issued March 30, 2020; revised April 14, April 22, May 5, May 13, May 28, October 8, 2020, January 12, 2021, May 6, 2021)Maine Supreme Judicial CourtMaineCourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-083General Order Regarding Setting Hearings in a Virtual Courtroom Environment Under the 2020 State of Disaster COVID-19 and Related CoronavirusGeneral Order requiring hearings to be held by virtual courtroom technologies (CourtCall or Microsoft Teams)Hon. Betsy F. Lambeth, 425th District CourtWilliamson County, Texas (425th Judicial District Court)CourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-017Amended Standing Order No. 4 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresCivil jury trials suspended through May 29, 2020; non-essential civil and criminal matters postponed; essential matters by video and…Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-084General Order: Court Operations in Williamson County Family Courts Under the 2020 State of Disaster COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus (filed March 31, 2020)General Order continuing all family-court jury trials through June 30, 2020, barring in-person courthouse visits without prior…Judges of the 368th, 395th and 425th District Courts and County Courts at Law One, Three and Four of Williamson CountyWilliamson County, Texas (368th, 395th and 425th District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 1, 3 and 4; family courts)CourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-016Order Regarding Continuity of Operations at a Reduced Docket of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (extension; Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Continuity of Operations at a Reduced Docket of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 31, 2020)Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General DivisionCuyahoga County, OhioCourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-067Order 2020-00524th JDC closure extended until 8:00 a.m. May 4, 2020; protective orders extendedChief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach, on behalf of the Judges of the 24th JDC24th Judicial District Court, Parish of JeffersonCourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-011Administrative Order No. 2020-048In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities [Justice Courts]Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding JudgeMaricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts)CourtMar. 26, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. RI-080Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-06COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Limitations on PersonnelRhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)Rhode IslandCourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-078In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Clarifying the Extension of DeadlinesOrder Clarifying the Extension of DeadlinesTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-049Harris County Family District Courts' First Amended Policies and Procedures during COVID-19First Amended Policies and Procedures during COVID-19Harris County Family District CourtsHarris County, Texas (Family District Courts)CourtMay 5, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-051Administrative Governing Board Order No. 24 of 2020In re: Continuation of Judicial EmergencyIdee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing BoardFirst Judicial District of PennsylvaniaCourtApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-045Order, Court Closure Extension, April 1, 2020 to April 16, 2020 (dated Mar. 30, 2020)Order: Court Closure Extension - April 1, 2020 to April 16, 2020Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MO-063Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings)Extension of the statewide suspension; phased operational directives with gateway criteria, distancing and masksSupreme Court of MissouriMissouri (all State courts)CourtApr. 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-087Second Supplemental Order extending the general statewide judicial emergency and court closure through Apr. 30, 2020; jurors not to report; evictions, ejectments and executions on orders of possession stayed (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Second Supplemental OrderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)PennsylvaniaCourtApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. RI-081Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-07COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Closure of Newport and Washington County CourthousesRhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)Rhode IslandCourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WY-007Order Extending COVID-19 Emergency Orders to May 31, 2020In the Matter of the Extension to May 31, 2020 of the Wyoming Supreme Court's Emergency Orders Regarding COVID-19 PandemicWyoming Supreme CourtWyomingCourtApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AL-056Administrative Order No. 5: Extending Orders and Deadlines Concerning the Suspension of In-Person Proceedings until April 30, 2020Extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings to April 30, 2020Supreme Court of AlabamaAlabamaCourtApr. 2, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-050Supervisory Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court ServicesOrder continuing criminal nonjury trials set before June 1, 2020 and criminal jury trials set before July 13, 2020, suspending grand juries…Iowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtApr. 2, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-046Administrative Order No. 2020-11Temporary Order Regarding Mortgage Foreclosures, Foreclosure Sales, and EvictionsChief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)CourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NC-051Order of the Chief Justice, 2 April 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-7)Order of the Chief Justice (Emergency Directives 1 through 7)Chief Justice Cheri BeasleyNorth CarolinaCourtApr. 2, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read