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Ex. FED-333General Order 72-6In re: COVID Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-6)Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourtSept. 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-053Trial Division Administrative Docket No. 56 of 2020In re: Residential Eviction MoratoriumAdministrative Judge, Trial Division (Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County)First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division)CourtSept. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-060Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-057Hennepin County District Court COVID-19 Information page (Sept. 19, 2020 capture)COVID-19 Information: courthouse entry requirements (face covering, six-foot distancing), remote hearings, list of Fourth District COVID-19…Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Minnesota Judicial Branch page)Hennepin County (Fourth Judicial District)CourtSept. 19, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CHI-054Chancery Division General Administrative Order No. 2020-11COVID-19 Measures (9)Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, pursuant to Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans' General Administrative Order 2020-02Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Chancery DivisionCourtSept. 21, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-021Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Resumption of Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Resumption of Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 PandemicJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General DivisionCuyahoga County, OhioCourtSept. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-069PMO-SJC-8Emergency Rules from the Supreme Judicial Court on Waiver of Initial Appearances and ArraignmentsMaine Supreme Judicial CourtMaineCourtSept. 23, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AK-054Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8194Special Order 8194, Update regarding COVID-19 and Jury Trials (misdemeanor trials from Nov. 2, 2020; all other jury trials suspended until…Chief Justice Joel H. BolgerAlaska (statewide courts)CourtSept. 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. CT-075Mortgage Foreclosure Standing Order - Federal Mortgage Foreclosure MoratoriumMortgage Foreclosure Standing Order - Federal Mortgage Foreclosure MoratoriumSuperior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division (James W. Abrams)ConnecticutCourtSept. 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-005Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered Sept. 25, 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, OhioCourtSept. 25, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SD-055Order Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings as Part of COVID-19 Pandemic ResponseOrder Requiring the Wearing of Face CoveringsJudge Bobbi J. Rank for the Sixth Circuit; approved by the Supreme Court September 30, 2020Sixth Judicial Circuit (Hughes and thirteen other central counties)CourtSept. 27, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-066Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, September 28, 2020Supplemental emergency order for the Riverside Superior Court (September-October 2020)Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial CouncilJudicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtSept. 28, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-060Order Regarding Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing First Circuit jury trials to dates after December 11, 2020 (Sept. 28, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtSept. 28, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-019State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. / Manovill v. State of Vermont, Scott and Donovan (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): decision granting the State's motion to dismiss the gym owner's constitutional and takings claims (19 pages, week of September 28, 2020)Judge tosses bid by Rutland gym owner to collect from state over Covid-19 closure (VTDigger, Sept. 30, 2020)Judge Robert Mello, Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division (decision of September 2020); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), September 30, 2020Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)CourtSept. 30, 20202020 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WI-028Amended Order (issued May 22, 2020; amended Oct. 1, 2020), In re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote HearingsAmended order allowing chief judges to withdraw approval of county operational plans during the fall 2020 surgeWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtOct. 1, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MI-049In re Certified Questions from the United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, Southern Division (Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Governor), No. 161492, 506 Mich. 332 (2020)Opinion holding that the Governor lacked authority under the Emergency Management Act after April 30, 2020 and that the Emergency Powers of…Michigan Supreme CourtMichiganCourtOct. 2, 20202020 Q4OtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial EmergencySeventh 30-day extension effective Oct. 6, 2020; Phase 3 commenced Oct. 5, 2020; audiovisual proceedings; Speedy Trial Guidelines tolled; AO…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtOct. 2, 20202020 Q4Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-065Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, October 5, 2020 (sixteenth in the series)Sixteenth emergency order for the San Diego Superior Court: Penal Code § 825 arraignment deadline extended from 48 hours to up to 7 days for…Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, at the request of Presiding Judge Lorna A. AlksneJudicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of San DiegoCourtOct. 5, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ID-082Order In Re: Emergency Reduction in Court Services and Limitation of Access to Court Facilities (Oct. 8, 2020)In Re: Emergency Reduction in Court Services and Limitation of Access to Court Facilities, Order October 8, 2020Idaho Supreme CourtIdaho (all State courts)CourtOct. 8, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ID-083Order In Re: Jury Trials (with attachments)In Re: Jury Trials (Oct. 8, 2020)Idaho Supreme CourtIdaho (all State courts)CourtOct. 8, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SD-051Order Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings as Part of Covid-19 Pandemic ResponseOrder Requiring the Wearing of Face CoveringsPresiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court October 8, 2020Fourth Judicial CircuitCourtOct. 8, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-DC-013Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 1:20-cv-02710 (TNM), Memorandum Opinion, ECF No. 43 (D.D.C. Oct. 9, 2020), 496 F. Supp. 3d 284Memorandum Opinion granting a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the District's gathering restrictions as applied to the Church's…United States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.)District of ColumbiaCourtOct. 9, 20202020 Q4Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ID-085Administrative Order H20-DW.3: Jury Trials Prohibited from Commencing for the Week of October 13-16, 2020Order Re: Jury Trials Prohibited from Commencing for the Week of October 13-16, 2020 (Kootenai County)Deputy Administrative District Judge Cynthia K.C. Meyer, First Judicial DistrictKootenai County, Idaho (First Judicial District)CourtOct. 9, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-023Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 20-cv-2710, 496 F. Supp. 3d 284 (ECF No. 43)Memorandum Opinion granting preliminary injunctionUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.)District of ColumbiaCourtOct. 9, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MI-053Order of October 12, 2020 in In re Certified Questions, No. 161492Order denying the Governor's motion for a transition period and confirming the immediate effect of the October 2, 2020 opinionMichigan Supreme CourtMichiganCourtOct. 12, 20202020 Q4OtherConfirmed from a secondary source