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Ex. MET-SAT-053Executive Order NW-18Executive Order NW-18 of County Judge Nelson W. WolffCounty Judge Nelson W. WolffBexar County, TexasCountyDec. 8, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary 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. MET-SEA-016Executive Order 2020-12: COVID-19 Civil Emergency, Extensions of City Closures and Relief MeasuresExecutive Order 2020-12Mayor Jenny A. DurkanCity of Seattle, WashingtonCityDec. 15, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NV-031Declaration of Emergency Directive 036Residential eviction moratorium for Covered Persons, December 15, 2020 to March 31, 2021Governor Steve SisolakNevadaStateDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-013Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (gatherings over 10 prohibited; individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for…Mayor Steve AdlerCity of Austin, TexasCityDec. 15, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary 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
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-036Industry Advisory / Regulatory Notice of December 18, 2020New Foreclosure Update: Executive Order 20-12-17-02 Issued by Governor HoganCommissioner of Financial RegulationMaryland; Office of the Commissioner of Financial RegulationSector regulatorDec. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. FED-304Third 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. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtDec. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-IND-040Public Health Order 40-2020Public Health Order 40-2020 - Marion Circuit, Superior and Small Claims Courts limited to 15 persons per court facilityMCPHD, Virginia A. Caine, M.D.Marion County, IndianaCountyDec. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AL-060Administrative Order No. 9: Extending Orders Pertaining to Workers' Compensation Cases and Remote TestimonyMarch 18 and March 24, 2020 orders extended to April 30, 2021Supreme Court of AlabamaAlabamaCourtDec. 21, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MT-060Memorandum of the Chief Justice, December 21, 2020: Updated Judicial Branch Covid-19 ProtocolsUpdated Judicial Branch Covid-19 Protocols, December 21, 2020Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of MontanaMontana (statewide judiciary)CourtDec. 21, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-028MSIB 08-20 (Change 5)COVID-19 - Mariner Credentials (Change 5)Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Commercial Regulations and Standards Directorate (CG-MMC)United States Coast Guard, National Maritime Center; nationwideFederalDec. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. HI-062Second 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 RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtDec. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. ME-070PMO-SJC-9Emergency Order and Notice Concerning Access to State CourthousesMaine Supreme Judicial Court (Acting Chief Justice Mead)MaineCourtDec. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-054Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020)Presumption that Superior Court hearings are scheduled for remote participationVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtDec. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-064Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trialsStatewide suspension of jury trials during the winter surgeChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtDec. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-063Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions through Feb. 14, 2021 (Dec. 23, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtDec. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-037Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County)Order Regarding Restriction of In Person ProceedingsState Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed)Cobb County, Georgia (State Court)CourtDec. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-040General Order 2020-75 Re: Extension of Jury Trials SuspensionGeneral Order 2020-75 (filed December 23, 2020)Presiding JudgeSuperior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtDec. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read