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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
Ex. AZ-050Administrative Order No. 2020-60Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency (Replacing AO 2020-48)Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. CA-040Emergency Rules of Court (adopted April 6, 2020) as recited in the Judicial Council's report of March 3, 2022Judicial Council report: Judicial Branch Administration: Sunset of Emergency Rules (reciting the adoption, amendment and sunset history of…Judicial Council of California (Rules Committee report to the Council)CaliforniaCourtMar. 3, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-063Misc. Docket No. 20-9052, Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterNinth Emergency Order (eviction proceedings suspended to April 30, 2020)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-075California Rules of Court, Appendix I, Emergency Rules 1 (unlawful detainer) and 2 (judicial foreclosures)Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19: suspension of unlawful detainer and foreclosure proceedingsJudicial Council of CaliforniaCaliforniaCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-135Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (first extension)First extension of the Statewide Judicial Emergency (to May 13, 2020)Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)GeorgiaCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FL-066Administrative Order No. AOSC20-23 (original)In re: Comprehensive COVID-19 Emergency Measures for the Florida State CourtsChief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of FloridaFlorida (all State courts)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. LA-061Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of April 6, 2020Order continuing jury trials to May 4, 2020 and limiting in-person proceedings to emergency mattersSupreme Court of LouisianaLouisianaCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read