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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
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-023Press release postponing the April 2020 argument session (Apr. 3, 2020)Press Release: April session (April 20-22 and April 27-29) postponedSupreme Court of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United StatesCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-018Standing Order No. 5 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresGrand jury proceedings, criminal case reviews, suppression hearings, most criminal motions, sentencings and criminal trials suspended and…Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-020In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 132 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 1, 2020 and suspending jury summonses through June 30, 2020Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-053Press release of April 3, 2020Postponement of the April 2020 oral argument session (April 20-22 and April 27-29); Court closed to the publicSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)United States (Supreme Court)CourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-293Press release of April 3, 2020 (postponement of the April 2020 argument session)Supreme Court postpones the April session oral argumentsSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Supreme Court of the United StatesCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IN-076Order, No. 20S-CB-123 (Apr. 3, 2020)Order extending all Administrative Rule 17 emergency relief through May 4, 2020; directing review of jury-trial suspensions; barring new…Indiana Supreme CourtIndianaCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KS-061Administrative Order 2020-PR-032Order Amending 2020-PR-016 (continuing restricted court operations under the statewide stay-home order)Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)KansasCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MD-084Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations Due to the COVID-19 Emergency (Apr. 3, 2020)Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations Due to the COVID-19 EmergencyChief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of MarylandMarylandCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-012Third General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 20MS000168Third General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SC-047Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01)Statewide trial-court operations order: jury trials continued; hearings remote or limited to ten personsSupreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WV-071Administrative Order: Judicial Emergency Declared, Amended OrderJudicial emergency extended through May 1, 2020; in-person proceedings and deadlines stayed; jury trials stayed; deadlines and limitations…Supreme Court of Appeals of West VirginiaWest VirginiaCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-002In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 2, Misc. No. 261En banc decision permitting emergency e-mail filing with the Appeals Board and district offices during the stay-at-home orderWorkers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-008Administrative 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 CourtNebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-068California 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 CaliforniaJudicial Council of California (statewide rulemaking body of the California courts)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read