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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-012	Notice: 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)Court	Dec. 2, 2020	2020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-009	Administrative Order No. 2020-170In the Matter of Conducting Jury Operations Safely During a Public Health Emergency	Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding Judge	Maricopa County, Arizona (Superior Court)Court	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-038	Harvest Rock Church v. Newsom, No. 20A94 (miscellaneous order)Order granting certiorari before judgment, vacating and remanding	Supreme Court of the United States	United States (California orders)Court	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. SC-064	Order re Circuit Court Jury Trials (2020-12-03-01)No circuit-court jury trials to commence after December 4, 2020	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	South CarolinaCourt	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VT-053	Eighteenth 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)	VermontCourt	Dec. 4, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-056	Administrative Order No. 14: Extension of Judicial Emergency (December 2020)Ninth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency; Phase 2 continued	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Dec. 5, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PIT-028	Temporary 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 Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-038	General Order No. 2020-69 Re: Suspension of Jury TrialsGeneral Order 2020-69 (filed December 7, 2020)	Presiding Judge John W. Vineyard	Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Dec. 7, 2020	2020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-020	Desrosiers 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.)	MassachusettsCourt	Dec. 10, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036	General 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 County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IN-080	Order Suspending Jury Trials, No. 20S-CB-123 (Dec. 14, 2020)Order that no in-person jury trials may be held until March 1, 2021	Indiana Supreme Court	IndianaCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ME-067	PMO-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 Court	MaineCourt	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NC-054	Order 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 Beasley	North CarolinaCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NM-045	Supreme 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 MexicoCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006	In 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 Order	Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)	California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)Court	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Stay-at-homeCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-006	Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak, 982 F.3d 1228 (9th Cir. Dec. 15, 2020)Opinion reversing and remanding with instructions to enjoin	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	United States (Nevada orders)Court	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-039	Robinson 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 States	United States (New Jersey orders)Court	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. SC-052	Order 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 plans	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Dec. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SD-054	Second Order Regarding Moratorium on Jury TrialsOrder Regarding Moratorium on Jury Trials (extension)	Presiding Judge Craig A. Pfeifle; approved by the Supreme Court December 17, 2020	Seventh Judicial CircuitCourt	Dec. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-304	Third Extension of Standing Order 20-12In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Third Extension of Standing Order 2020-12)	Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson	United States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourt	Dec. 17, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AL-060	Administrative Order No. 9: Extending Orders Pertaining to Workers' Compensation Cases and Remote TestimonyMarch 18 and March 24, 2020 orders extended to April 30, 2021	Supreme Court of Alabama	AlabamaCourt	Dec. 21, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MT-060	Memorandum of the Chief Justice, December 21, 2020: Updated Judicial Branch Covid-19 ProtocolsUpdated Judicial Branch Covid-19 Protocols, December 21, 2020	Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of Montana	Montana (statewide judiciary)Court	Dec. 21, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-009	Order on Motion to Remand and Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief, Bar Indy LLC v. City of Indianapolis, No. 1:20-cv-02482-JMS-DML, Doc. 33 (S.D. Ind. Dec. 22, 2020) (43 pages)Federal decision holding that the Marion County health officer acted within the authority of Ind. Code 16-20-1-24 in closing and restricting…	Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind.	Indiana (United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, applying Indiana law)Court	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. HI-062	Second Amended Order Regarding Entering Judiciary Facilities, SCMF-20-0000152Second Amended Order restricting entry to judiciary facilities (travel-quarantine exclusions; face masks) (Dec. 22, 2020)	Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald	HawaiiCourt	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ME-070	PMO-SJC-9Emergency Order and Notice Concerning Access to State Courthouses	Maine Supreme Judicial Court (Acting Chief Justice Mead)	MaineCourt	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Connecticut Judicial Branch (Chief Court Administrator in consultation with the Chief Justice), Notice: Resumption of Supreme Court and Appellate Court Requirements or Deadlines and Requirements and Deadlines Related to Offers of Compromise (Dec. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-012)
Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding Judge, Administrative Order No. 2020-170 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHX-009)
Supreme Court of the United States, Harvest Rock Church v. Newsom, No. 20A94 (miscellaneous order) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-038)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Circuit Court Jury Trials (2020-12-03-01) (Ex. SC-064)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Eighteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 4, 2020) (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. VT-053)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 14: Extension of Judicial Emergency (December 2020) (Dec. 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-056)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of December 3, 2020) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-028)
Presiding Judge John W. Vineyard, General Order No. 2020-69 Re: Suspension of Jury Trials (Dec. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-038)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker, JJ.; opinion by Budd, J.), Desrosiers v. Governor, 486 Mass. 369, SJC-12983 (argued Sept. 11, 2020; decided Dec. 10, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-020)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachments (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036)
Indiana Supreme Court, Order Suspending Jury Trials, No. 20S-CB-123 (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. IN-080)
Maine Supreme Judicial Court, PMO-SJC-2 (Consolidating, Ratifying, and Superseding the Previous Orders) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. ME-067)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 14 December 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. NC-054)
Supreme Court of New Mexico (M. Vigil, C.J.), Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-042 (amending Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1, 2 and 3) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. NM-045)
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc), In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 7, Misc. No. 266 (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-006)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak, 982 F.3d 1228 (9th Cir. Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-006)
Supreme Court of the United States, Robinson v. Murphy, No. 20A95 (miscellaneous order; order list of Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-039)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended December 16, 2020) (2020-12-16-01) (Ex. SC-052)
Presiding Judge Craig A. Pfeifle; approved by the Supreme Court December 17, 2020, Second Order Regarding Moratorium on Jury Trials (Dec. 16, 2020) (Ex. SD-054)
Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Third Extension of Standing Order 20-12 (Dec. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-304)
Supreme Court of Alabama, Administrative Order No. 9: Extending Orders Pertaining to Workers' Compensation Cases and Remote Testimony (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. AL-060)
Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of Montana, Memorandum of the Chief Justice, December 21, 2020: Updated Judicial Branch Covid-19 Protocols (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. MT-060)
Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind, Order on Motion to Remand and Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief, Bar Indy LLC v. City of Indianapolis, No. 1:20-cv-02482-JMS-DML, Doc. 33 (S.D. Ind. Dec. 22, 2020) (43 pages) (Ex. DUT-IN-009)
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald, Second Amended Order Regarding Entering Judiciary Facilities, SCMF-20-0000152 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. HI-062)
Maine Supreme Judicial Court (Acting Chief Justice Mead), PMO-SJC-9 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. ME-070)

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