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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. ME-069	PMO-SJC-8Emergency Rules from the Supreme Judicial Court on Waiver of Initial Appearances and Arraignments	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	MaineCourt	Sept. 23, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. CT-075	Mortgage Foreclosure Standing Order - Federal Mortgage Foreclosure MoratoriumMortgage Foreclosure Standing Order - Federal Mortgage Foreclosure Moratorium	Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division (James W. Abrams)	ConnecticutCourt	Sept. 24, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-005	Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered Sept. 25, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19	Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court	Hamilton County, OhioCourt	Sept. 25, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. SD-055	Order Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings as Part of COVID-19 Pandemic ResponseOrder Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings	Judge Bobbi J. Rank for the Sixth Circuit; approved by the Supreme Court September 30, 2020	Sixth Judicial Circuit (Hughes and thirteen other central counties)Court	Sept. 27, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. WI-028	Amended 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 surge	Wisconsin Supreme Court	WisconsinCourt	Oct. 1, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SD-051	Order Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings as Part of Covid-19 Pandemic ResponseOrder Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings	Presiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court October 8, 2020	Fourth Judicial CircuitCourt	Oct. 8, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-036	General Order 2020-60 Re: Court Closures and Limited Court ServicesGeneral Order 2020-60 (October 6, 2020)	Presiding Judge John W. Vineyard	Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Oct. 6, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SD-058	Administrative Order #6 Re: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Requiring Face Coverings, Civ. 20-1Administrative Order #6 Requiring Face Coverings	Presiding Judge Cheryle Gering; approved by the Supreme Court October 20, 2020	First Judicial CircuitCourt	Oct. 19, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SD-049	Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security Measures, CIV. 20-4 (October 20, 2020)Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security Measures	Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman	Second Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties)Court	Oct. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AZ-056	Administrative Order No. 2020-197Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (Replacing AO…	Arizona Supreme Court	ArizonaCourt	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-009	Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (filed Nov. 3, 2020)Statewide administrative order requiring every court holding in-person proceedings to adopt a written transmission-control plan (telephonic…	Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court	Nebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)Court	Nov. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. NY-064	Administrative Order AO/267/20Commencement of matters and filing during the COVID-19 health emergency	Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, at the direction of the Chief Judge	New York (Unified Court System)Court	Nov. 6, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-012	Grisham v. Reeb, 2021-NMSC-006, 480 P.3d 852, No. S-1-SC-38336 (N.M. Nov. 5, 2020)Opinion holding that the Legislature empowered the Governor and Secretary of Health to enforce public health emergency orders restricting…	Supreme Court of New Mexico (Vigil, J., for a unanimous Court)	New MexicoCourt	Nov. 5, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-068	Administrative Order 20-112: Temporary Suspension of Jury TrialsAdministrative Order 20-112 (November 5, 2020)	Chief Judge Ingrid S. Bakke	Twentieth Judicial District (Boulder County), ColoradoCourt	Nov. 5, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-012	Administrative Order No. 2020-152In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities Used by Justice Courts Due to a Public Health Emergency and Transition to…	Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding Judge	Maricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts)Court	Nov. 5, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. IN-079	Order on Continued Emergency Actions, No. 20S-CB-123 (Nov. 10, 2020)Order directing trial courts to reduce in-person proceedings, requiring masks for all participants, and extending remote-proceedings…	Indiana Supreme Court	IndianaCourt	Nov. 10, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-009	Local Administrative Order 2020-11Establish Parameters for Conducting In-Person Jury Proceedings during the COVID-19 Pandemic	Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO Nov. 10, 2020)	Wayne County, Michigan (Third Judicial Circuit)Court	Oct. 13, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. KY-032	Beshear v. Acree, No. 2020-SC-0313-OA (Ky. Nov. 12, 2020), reported at 615 S.W.3d 780Opinion upholding the Governor's COVID-19 emergency declaration and orders under KRS ch. 39A	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	KentuckyCourt	Nov. 12, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-010	Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623Reversal of a temporary restraining order against Executive Order 2020-61; the IEMA Act plainly authorizes successive disaster…	Illinois Appellate Court, Second District (Justice Zenoff, with Justices Hutchinson and Brennan)	Illinois (Appellate Court, Second District)Court	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-028	Release: Delaware Courts pause jury trials in response to increasing COVID 19 cases (return to Phase Two)Release announcing the postponement of jury trials and the return to Phase Two: capacity cut from 75 to 50 percent, no more than ten…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-054	Administrative Order No. 13: Return to Phase 2 of the Reopening PlanWinter 2020 re-tightening: courts returned to Phase 2 from Nov. 16, 2020 (jury trials postponed; capacity to 50 percent; ten visitors per…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-100	Supreme Court Order of November 16, 2020 (suspension of new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions)Winter re-tightening in the courts: new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions suspended "because of the second wave of the…	Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D.	New JerseyCourt	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-037	General Order No. 2020-67 Re: Mandatory Facial Coverings and Physical DistancingGeneral Order 2020-67 (filed November 17, 2020)	Presiding Judge (Superior Court of California, County of Riverside)	Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Nov. 17, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-022	Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations, Including Jury Trials, Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry, Nov. 18, 2020)In re: Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations, Including Jury Trials, Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division	Cuyahoga County, OhioCourt	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DC-024	Notice of Clerk's Offices Operations (Revised August 2020; posted as the Clerk's November 19, 2020 order)Notice of Clerk's Offices Operations	Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Court	District of ColumbiaCourt	Nov. 19, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read

Maine Supreme Judicial Court, PMO-SJC-8 (Sept. 23, 2020) (Ex. ME-069)
Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division (James W. Abrams), Mortgage Foreclosure Standing Order - Federal Mortgage Foreclosure Moratorium (Sept. 24, 2020) (Ex. CT-075)
Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court, Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered Sept. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-005)
Judge Bobbi J. Rank for the Sixth Circuit; approved by the Supreme Court September 30, 2020, Order Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings as Part of COVID-19 Pandemic Response (Sept. 27, 2020) (Ex. SD-055)
Wisconsin Supreme Court, Amended 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 Hearings (Ex. WI-028)
Presiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court October 8, 2020, Order Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings as Part of Covid-19 Pandemic Response (Oct. 8, 2020) (Ex. SD-051)
Presiding Judge John W. Vineyard, General Order 2020-60 Re: Court Closures and Limited Court Services (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-036)
Presiding Judge Cheryle Gering; approved by the Supreme Court October 20, 2020, Administrative Order #6 Re: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Requiring Face Coverings, Civ. 20-1 (Oct. 19, 2020) (Ex. SD-058)
Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman, Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security Measures, CIV. 20-4 (October 20, 2020) (Oct. 20, 2020) (Ex. SD-049)
Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-197 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. AZ-056)
Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme Court, Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (filed Nov. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-009)
Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, at the direction of the Chief Judge, Administrative Order AO/267/20 (Nov. 6, 2020) (Ex. NY-064)
Supreme Court of New Mexico (Vigil, J., for a unanimous Court), Grisham v. Reeb, 2021-NMSC-006, 480 P.3d 852, No. S-1-SC-38336 (N.M. Nov. 5, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-012)
Chief Judge Ingrid S. Bakke, Administrative Order 20-112: Temporary Suspension of Jury Trials (Nov. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-DEN-068)
Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding Judge, Administrative Order No. 2020-152 (Nov. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHX-012)
Indiana Supreme Court, Order on Continued Emergency Actions, No. 20S-CB-123 (Nov. 10, 2020) (Ex. IN-079)
Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO Nov. 10, 2020), Local Administrative Order 2020-11 (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-009)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Beshear v. Acree, No. 2020-SC-0313-OA (Ky. Nov. 12, 2020), reported at 615 S.W.3d 780 (Ex. KY-032)
Illinois Appellate Court, Second District (Justice Zenoff, with Justices Hutchinson and Brennan), Fox Fire Tavern, LLC v. Pritzker, 2020 IL App (2d) 200623 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IL-010)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Courts pause jury trials in response to increasing COVID 19 cases (return to Phase Two) (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-028)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 13: Return to Phase 2 of the Reopening Plan (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-054)
Supreme Court of New Jersey; Notice to the Bar by Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D, Supreme Court Order of November 16, 2020 (suspension of new in-person jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions) (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. NJ-100)
Presiding Judge (Superior Court of California, County of Riverside), General Order No. 2020-67 Re: Mandatory Facial Coverings and Physical Distancing (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-037)
Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations, Including Jury Trials, Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry, Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-022)
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Clerk of the Court, Notice of Clerk's Offices Operations (Revised August 2020; posted as the Clerk's November 19, 2020 order) (Nov. 19, 2020) (Ex. DC-024)

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