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Ex. KY-035Administrative Order 2020-72 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Court ProceedingsSupreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)KentuckyCourtNov. 20, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-063Administrative Order 2020-71 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Health and Safety Requirements (facial coverings required to enter court…Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)KentuckyCourtNov. 20, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MD-087Sixth Administrative Order Restricting Statewide Judiciary Operations Due to the COVID-19 Emergency (Nov. 24, 2020): return to Phase II from Nov. 30, 2020Sixth Administrative Order Restricting Statewide Judiciary Operations Due to the COVID-19 EmergencyChief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of MarylandMarylandCourtNov. 24, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-005In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 6, Misc. No. 265En banc decision rescinding, as of Dec. 1, 2020, the suspension of the trial-exhibit rulesWorkers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)CourtOct. 27, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KS-070Administrative Order 2020-PR-123District and Appellate Court Operations as of December 1, 2020Kansas Supreme CourtKansasCourtDec. 1, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. KS-071Administrative Order 2020-PR-124Amended Order Requiring Masks in District and Appellate CourtsKansas Supreme CourtKansasCourtDec. 1, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-012Notice: Resumption of Supreme Court and Appellate Court Requirements or Deadlines and Requirements and Deadlines Related to Offers of CompromiseNotice fixing the schedule for the expiration of the suspension of statutory time requirements, statutes of limitations and deadlines in…Connecticut Judicial Branch (Chief Court Administrator in consultation with the Chief Justice)Connecticut Judicial Branch (Supreme and Appellate Courts; Chief Court Administrator) (statewide)CourtDec. 2, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-009Administrative Order No. 2020-170In the Matter of Conducting Jury Operations Safely During a Public Health EmergencySuperior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeMaricopa County, Arizona (Superior Court)CourtDec. 3, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-038Harvest Rock Church v. Newsom, No. 20A94 (miscellaneous order)Order granting certiorari before judgment, vacating and remandingSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States (California orders)CourtDec. 3, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. SC-064Order re Circuit Court Jury Trials (2020-12-03-01)No circuit-court jury trials to commence after December 4, 2020Chief Justice Donald W. BeattySouth CarolinaCourtDec. 3, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-053Eighteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 4, 2020)Judicial emergency extended to March 31, 2021; jury trials only with approval of the Chief Superior Judge and Court Administrator; Judicial…Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtDec. 4, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-056Administrative Order No. 14: Extension of Judicial Emergency (December 2020)Ninth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency; Phase 2 continuedChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtDec. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PIT-028Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of December 3, 2020)In re: Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Dec. 3, 2020)Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtDec. 3, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-038General Order No. 2020-69 Re: Suspension of Jury TrialsGeneral Order 2020-69 (filed December 7, 2020)Presiding Judge John W. VineyardSuperior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtDec. 7, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-020Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020)Decision holding that the Civil Defense Act authorized the Governor's March 10, 2020 declaration and the COVID-19 emergency orders, that the…Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.)MassachusettsCourtDec. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachmentsEstablishment of the Early Resolution Program for residential eviction and consumer-debt cases (free legal aid and mediation before cases…Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IN-080Order Suspending Jury Trials, No. 20S-CB-123 (Dec. 14, 2020)Order that no in-person jury trials may be held until March 1, 2021Indiana Supreme CourtIndianaCourtDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-067PMO-SJC-2 (Consolidating, Ratifying, and Superseding the Previous Orders)PMO-SJC-2: Administration of Oaths at Depositions; Electronic Filing; Deadlines; In-Person Contacts with Children and Families; Oral…Maine Supreme Judicial CourtMaineCourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-054Order of the Chief Justice, 14 December 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22)Order Extending Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22 (Emergency Directive 1 reinstated; jury trials paused)Chief Justice Cheri BeasleyNorth CarolinaCourtDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-045Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-042 (amending Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1, 2 and 3)In the Matter of the Amendment of the New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols for the Safe and Effective Administration of…Supreme Court of New Mexico (M. Vigil, C.J.)New MexicoCourtDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 7, Misc. No. 266En banc decision suspending WCAB Rule 10789(c) (walk-through document assignment hours) in light of the Regional Stay At Home OrderWorkers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)CourtDec. 15, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Stay-at-homeCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-006Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak, 982 F.3d 1228 (9th Cir. Dec. 15, 2020)Opinion reversing and remanding with instructions to enjoinUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States (Nevada orders)CourtDec. 15, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-039Robinson v. Murphy, No. 20A95 (miscellaneous order; order list of Dec. 15, 2020)Order treating the application as a petition for certiorari before judgment, granting it, vacating the Oct. 2, 2020 order of the District of…Supreme Court of the United StatesUnited States (New Jersey orders)CourtDec. 15, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. SC-052Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended December 16, 2020) (2020-12-16-01)Winter 2020-21 amended trial-court order: masks, fever screening, 113 square feet per person, jury trials only under approved plansSupreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtDec. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SD-054Second Order Regarding Moratorium on Jury TrialsOrder Regarding Moratorium on Jury Trials (extension)Presiding Judge Craig A. Pfeifle; approved by the Supreme Court December 17, 2020Seventh Judicial CircuitCourtDec. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read