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Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-010WisDOT news release of November 10, 2020: renewal deadline extended to January 21, 2021Wisconsin DMV extends renewal deadline to January 21, 2021 (release of November 10, 2020)Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor VehiclesWisconsin (Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles)StateNov. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesPrimary 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. AK-055Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8210Special Order 8210, Update regarding COVID-19 and Jury Trials (all jury trials and in-person grand juries suspended until at least Jan. 4…Chief Justice Joel H. BolgerAlaska (statewide courts)CourtNov. 13, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-339Eighth Amended General Order 20-0012In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency (Eighth Amended)Chief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerUnited States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourtNov. 13, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IL-070Executive Order 2020-72 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 68)Residential eviction moratorium (Covered Person declaration regime; cessation of enforcement of residential eviction orders)Governor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateNov. 13, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-086Third Judicial Circuit Court Administrative Orders (COVID-19 series), as listed on the Circuit Clerk's page archived January 23, 2021Administrative Orders 2020-M-27 (Nov. 12, 2020: criminal felony jury trials continued through December 2020), 2020-M-29 (Nov. 13, 2020…Chief Judge, Third Judicial Circuit; Circuit Clerk (posting)Third Judicial Circuit of Illinois (Madison County)CourtNov. 13, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SD-053Order Regarding Moratorium on Jury TrialsOrder Regarding Moratorium on Jury TrialsPresiding Judge Craig A. Pfeifle; approved by the Supreme Court November 16, 2020Seventh Judicial Circuit (Pennington, Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota Counties)CourtNov. 13, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-028Release: 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 SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtNov. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-054Administrative 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 DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtNov. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MD-086Third Amended Administrative Order Re-Imposing the Statewide Suspension of Jury Trials and Maintaining Grand Juries (Nov. 12, 2020)Third Amended Administrative Order Re-Imposing the Statewide Suspension of Jury Trials and Maintaining Grand JuriesChief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of MarylandMarylandCourtNov. 12, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-028Joint Emergency Order 14. Temporary Suspension of Public MeetingsJoint Emergency Order 14. Temporary Suspension of Public MeetingsMayor John Cranley, City Manager Paula Boggs Muething and Health Commissioner Melba MooreCity of Cincinnati, OhioCityNov. 16, 20202020 Q4Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-100Supreme 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 JerseyCourtNov. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SD-050Order Regarding Moratorium on Jury Trials as Part of Covid-19 Pandemic ResponseOrder Regarding Moratorium on Jury TrialsPresiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court November 17, 2020Fourth Judicial Circuit (Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach Counties)CourtNov. 16, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IL-056Secretary of State release (Nov. 2020)Jesse White Reminds Public of Closure of Driver Services Facilities from Nov. 17 until Dec. 7, 2020, Due to Worsening COVID-19 Pandemic…Illinois Secretary of State Jesse WhiteIllinoisSector regulatorNov. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-037General 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 RiversideCourtNov. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-046In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Extending State of Emergency and Suspending Jury TrialsOrder Extending State of Emergency and Suspending Jury TrialsTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtNov. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-004Ordinance No. 899-2020 (passed Nov. 18, 2020) and Resolution No. 135-2021 (adopted Mar. 1, 2021)An emergency ordinance authorizing Cleveland City Council and other City of Cleveland public bodies to hold, conduct and attend meetings and…Cleveland City CouncilCity of Cleveland, OhioCityNov. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-022Updated 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 PandemicJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General DivisionCuyahoga County, OhioCourtNov. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-048Announcement: 36th District Court Announces Temporary Closure Due to COVID-19All matters except felony arraignments, emergency evictions and virtual felony exams suspended November 18 through December 8, 202036th District Court (Detroit), Chief Judge William C. McConicoCity of Detroit, Michigan (36th District Court)CourtNov. 17, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read