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Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048Administrative 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 DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJune 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-336General Order 77Provisional Modifications to the Jury Plan (COVID-19)Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourtJune 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MI-034Administrative Order No. 2020-17Continuation of Alternative Procedures for Landlord/Tenant CasesMichigan Supreme CourtMichiganCourtJune 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. CT-073Notice Regarding Amendment to Executive Order No. 7G (removal of the suspension of Supreme and Appellate Court filings)Notice Regarding Amendment to Executive Order No. 7GConnecticut Judicial Branch (Chief Justice; Office of the Appellate Clerk)ConnecticutCourtJune 10, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-023In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020)Per curiam setting a fifty-person courtroom cap with masks and temperature checks and ending the jury-trial suspension June 30, 2020Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-043Administrative Order 2020-05Plan to Return to Full Capacity - Phase Two (gating criteria satisfied as of June 11, 2020)6th Judicial Circuit Court, Oakland County (chief judge; SCAO approval)Oakland County, Michigan (Sixth Judicial Circuit)CourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-020Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks)In re: Clarification and Modification of the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan Entered on May 28, 2020Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-020Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person ProceedingsChief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court)Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit: Superior, State and Magistrate Courts)CourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-041Protocol Order During COVID-19 Public Health CrisisCourt operations during the Return to Full Capacity phases: remote hearings whenever possible; in-person hearings limited; entrance…Sixth Judicial Circuit CourtOakland County, Michigan (Sixth Judicial Circuit)CourtJune 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-031Elkhorn Baptist Church v. Brown, 366 Or. 506, S067736Opinion directing peremptory writ vacating the Baker County Circuit Court's preliminary injunctionSupreme Court of OregonOregonCourtJune 12, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. WY-019Fourth Order Amending March 18, 2020 Temporary Plan to Address Health Risks Posed by the COVID-19 PandemicIn the Matter of the Wyoming Supreme Court's Temporary Plan Regarding COVID-19 PandemicWyoming Supreme CourtWyomingCourtJune 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KS-065Administrative Order 2020-PR-062Re: Returning Judiciary Workforce Back to Buildings (telework; travel quarantine)Kansas Supreme CourtKansasCourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Telework mandateTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. KS-066Administrative Order 2020-PR-076Order Related to Appellate and District Courts Operations as of June 16, 2020Kansas Supreme CourtKansasCourtJune 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-036Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Courthouse Safety Guidelines, No. 20-1-0005Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial EmergencyChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtJune 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-027Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church v. Pritzker, No. 20-1811, 962 F.3d 341Opinion affirming denial of injunctionUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Easterbrook, J.)United States (Illinois orders)CourtJune 16, 20202020 Q2Gathering capPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam)In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana - Order adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of MontanaSupreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices)Montana; Supreme Court of Montana (bar admission)CourtJune 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-008Spell v. Edwards, No. 20-30358, 962 F.3d 175Opinion dismissing appeal as mootUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitUnited States (Louisiana orders)CourtJune 18, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-010Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered June 17, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal CourtHamilton County, OhioCourtJune 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. HI-038Order Regarding Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing all jury trials to dates after August 31, 2020 (June 23, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtJune 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-331General Order 72-4In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-4)Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourtJune 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-039Order Regarding Foreclosures, SCMF-20-0000152Order requiring a declaration in every judicial or non-judicial foreclosure and ejectment action that the mortgage is not a federally backed…Supreme Court of HawaiiHawaiiCourtJune 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-073Administrative Order, 'Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020' (June 26, 2020)Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020Chief Judge Sharon Prost (Federal Circuit) and Chief Judge Margaret M. Sweeney (Court of Federal Claims)United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States Court of Federal Claims (National Courts Building)CourtJune 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DC-023Joint Committee Order Requiring Persons to Wear Cloth Face Coverings in Court Buildings During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder Requiring Persons to Wear Cloth Face Coverings in Court Buildings During the COVID-19 PandemicJoint Committee on Judicial Administration for the District of Columbia CourtsDistrict of ColumbiaCourtJune 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MI-035Administrative Order No. 2020-19Continuing Order Regarding Court OperationsMichigan Supreme CourtMichiganCourtJune 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-065Misc. Docket No. 20-9080, Eighteenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterEighteenth Emergency Order (no jury proceedings before September 1, 2020 except limited pilots; operating plans required)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtJune 29, 20202020 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read