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Ex. MET-PIT-025Order of Court of September 15, 2020: Resumption of Jury TrialsIn re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Resumption of Jury Trials)Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtSept. 15, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SD-058Administrative Order #6 Re: COVID-19 Pandemic Response Requiring Face Coverings, Civ. 20-1Administrative Order #6 Requiring Face CoveringsPresiding Judge Cheryle Gering; approved by the Supreme Court October 20, 2020First Judicial CircuitCourtOct. 19, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SD-049Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security Measures, CIV. 20-4 (October 20, 2020)Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security MeasuresPresiding Judge Robin J. HouwmanSecond Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties)CourtOct. 20, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. WI-031Order, In re the Matter of CDC Eviction Moratorium Compliance For Eviction FilingsOrder denying Legal Action of Wisconsin's request for an emergency order on CDC eviction-moratorium compliance in eviction filingsWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtOct. 21, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-006Joint Administrative Order, No. M200001 (jury trials)In re: Jury Trials Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal CourtHamilton County, OhioCourtOct. 26, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-011Announcement: Temporary Suspension of Jury Trials (Oct. 23, 2020)Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Presiding Judge Charles J. Kubicki Announces Temporary Suspension of Jury TrialsHamilton County Court of Common Pleas (Presiding Judge Charles J. Kubicki)Hamilton County, OhioCourtOct. 23, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-047State of Texas v. El Paso County, No. 08-20-00226-CV (Tex. App.—El Paso Nov. 13, 2020) (corrected opinion) (reviewing El Paso County Emergency Order No. 13 of Oct. 29, 2020, extended by Order No. 14 to Dec. 1, 2020)Corrected Opinion: El Paso County Judge's business-closure and curfew order conflicts with GA-32 and is preemptedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas (Alley, C.J.)Texas (El Paso County)CourtNov. 13, 20202020 Q4Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-017Press release suspending in-person acceptance of hand-delivered documents (Oct. 29, 2020)Press Release: in-person document acceptance suspended effective Oct. 30, 2020United States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtOct. 29, 20202020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-056Administrative Order No. 2020-197Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (Replacing AO…Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtDec. 3, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-133Administrative Order No. 2020-197Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (nunc pro…Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtDec. 3, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-009Administrative 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 CourtNebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtNov. 3, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NY-064Administrative Order AO/267/20Commencement of matters and filing during the COVID-19 health emergencyChief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, at the direction of the Chief JudgeNew York (Unified Court System)CourtNov. 6, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-055Administrative Order No. 12: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Nov. 4, 2020)Eighth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency (early November 2020)Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtNov. 4, 20202020 Q4Emergency declarationCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NM-012Grisham 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 MexicoCourtNov. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-068Administrative Order 20-112: Temporary Suspension of Jury TrialsAdministrative Order 20-112 (November 5, 2020)Chief Judge Ingrid S. BakkeTwentieth Judicial District (Boulder County), ColoradoCourtNov. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-045Announcement and press release: Temporary Suspension of In-Person MattersAll in-person hearings suspended from November 5, 202036th District Court (Detroit), Chief Judge William C. McConicoCity of Detroit, Michigan (36th District Court)CourtNov. 5, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHX-012Administrative 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 JudgeMaricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts)CourtNov. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-052Supervisory Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services (jury trials postponed)Order continuing all jury trials not commenced and scheduled before February 1, 2021 to no earlier than February 1, 2021 and suspending…Iowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtNov. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IN-079Order 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 CourtIndianaCourtNov. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-030Sixth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 20MS000603Sixth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtNov. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-009Local Administrative Order 2020-11Establish Parameters for Conducting In-Person Jury Proceedings during the COVID-19 PandemicThird Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO Nov. 10, 2020)Wayne County, Michigan (Third Judicial Circuit)CourtOct. 13, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-049Emergency Order: building closure, November 10, 2020Criminal District Court building closed immediately through November 23, 2020; court operating remotelyChief Judge Karen K. HermanCriminal District Court for the Parish of OrleansCourtNov. 10, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-067Misc. Docket No. 20-9135, Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterTwenty-Ninth Emergency Order (no justice or municipal court jury proceedings before Feb. 1, 2021; district-court jury proceedings only under…Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtNov. 11, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-061Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9135Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtNov. 11, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-032Beshear 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. 39ASupreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)KentuckyCourtNov. 12, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read

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