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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-015Press release: mail delivery resumes July 10, 2020; building remains closed (June 19, 2020)Press Release: resumption of mail receipt July 10, 2020; building closed; no hand deliveryUnited States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtJune 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-027Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the Courthouse (July 2020)Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the CourthouseChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-028Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential Matters (July 10, 2020)Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential MattersChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. PA-063Order of the Governor Staying Notice Requirements for Specified Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (extension to Aug. 31, 2020)Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Staying Notice Requirements for Specified Actions Related to the Dispossession of…Governor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. PA-064Order of the Governor Authorizing Commonwealth Agencies to Conduct Administrative Proceedings Online by Video or Telephonic MeansOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Authorizing Commonwealth Agencies to Conduct Administrative Proceedings Online by…Governor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-032City of Mesa coronavirus page (capture July 13, 2020): proclamations list, Municipal Court and facility rulesCoronavirus - City of MesaCity of Mesa (coronavirus page)City of Mesa, ArizonaCityJuly 13, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-015Closure of the County Administrative Center and other county buildings to the public from July 13, 2020 (news release of July 8, 2020)County services to move to virtual methodsRiverside County Executive Office (County Executive Officer George Johnson)Riverside County, CaliforniaCountyJuly 8, 20202020 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MN-048Order Requiring Face Coverings at Court Facilities, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed July 7, 2020)Order Requiring Face Coverings at Court FacilitiesMinnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. GildeaMinnesotaCourtJuly 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-063Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyReimposition of litigant deadlines effective July 14, 2020, excepting jury and grand jury deadlinesChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-029Letter of the Chief Magistrate regarding dispossessory (eviction) cases and small claims, July 14, 2020Chief Magistrate's letter: no eviction hearings or writs of possession since March 14, 2020; landlord/tenant and small-claims calendars…Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan F. Murphy, Magistrate Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Magistrate Court)CourtJuly 14, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-061Phased Resumption of Routine Visa Services (July 14, 2020)Phased Resumption of Routine Visa ServicesDepartment of State, Bureau of Consular AffairsUnited States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs (federal agency)FederalJuly 14, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-054Administrative Order No. 2020-114Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (Replacing AO…Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtJuly 15, 20202020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-053Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and 22)Order Issuing Emergency Directives 21 and 22 (face coverings in court facilities; jury trial resumption plans)Chief Justice Cheri BeasleyNorth CarolinaCourtJuly 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-030Administrative Order 2020-1, In re: Filing Regarding Compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ('CARES Act')Requirement that every foreclosure plaintiff file an Affidavit in Support of Compliance with the CARES Act before any action in a mortgage…Superior Court of the State of DelawareSuperior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJuly 21, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-027NJMVC website notice (as archived July 21, 2020): licenses, IDs, registrations, inspections and temporary tags 'extended again' to at least September 30; West Deptford center closed after an employee tested positiveNJMVC notice of July 21, 2020: extensions to at least September 30, 2020; regional center closureNew Jersey Motor Vehicle CommissionNew Jersey (State agency: Motor Vehicle Commission)StateJuly 21, 20202020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19, SCMF-12-0000538 (provisional admission without written examination, expiring July 1, 2022, as an alternative to sitting for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam)In the Matter of the September 2020 Bar Exam - Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19Supreme Court of Hawaii (Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama and McKenna, JJ., and ICA Chief Judge Ginoza; Wilson, J., concurring separately)Hawaii; Supreme Court of Hawaii (bar admission)CourtJuly 22, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ME-032Executive Order 4 FY 20/21An Order Regarding Car Dealer PlatesGovernor Janet T. MillsMaineStateJuly 22, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-332General Order 72-5In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-5)Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourtJuly 23, 20202020 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-024Fifth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 20MS000283Fifth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtJuly 23, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-050Harris County District Courts Inclement Weather, Emergency, and Public Health Scheduling ProceduresInclement Weather, Emergency, and Public Health Scheduling ProceduresHarris County Board of District JudgesHarris County, Texas (district courts)CourtJuly 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-021Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of July 24, 2020)In re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (July 24, 2020)Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtJuly 24, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-099Supreme Court Seventh Omnibus Order on Court Operations and Legal Practice (July 24, 2020)New jury selections and jury trials authorized on or after September 21, 2020 with primarily virtual selection and socially distanced…Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by the Acting Administrative DirectorNew JerseyCourtJuly 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WY-023Order Extending COVID-19 Emergency Procedural Orders to October 5, 2020In the Matter of the Extension to October 5, 2020 of the Wyoming Supreme Court's Emergency Orders Regarding COVID-19 PandemicWyoming Supreme CourtWyomingCourtJuly 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-060Amended Joint Order 2020-05 Requiring Face Coverings in Court FacilitiesAmended Joint Order Requiring Face Coverings in Court Facilities, JO 2020-05 (July 27, 2020; original joint order issued May-June 2020)Chief Judge, Second Judicial District, and Presiding Judge, Denver County Court (joint)Second Judicial District and Denver County Court, ColoradoCourtJuly 27, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-018July 2020 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: status by jurisdiction (postponed to Sept. 9-10; remote Oct. 5-6; diploma privilege; cancelled), with each court's announcement datedJuly 2020 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information (map and status table; announcements last updated Oct. 7, 2020)National Conference of Bar ExaminersAll U.S. jurisdictions; National Conference of Bar Examiners (inventory of State supreme court and board of bar examiners actions)Sector regulatorJuly 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source