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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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
Ex. SEC-16-036	Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 20-1507, 984 F.3d 21Opinion dismissing appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	United States (Maine orders)Court	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q4	Gathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. VT-054	Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020)Presumption that Superior Court hearings are scheduled for remote participation	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-064	Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trialsStatewide suspension of jury trials during the winter surge	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. HI-063	Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions through Feb. 14, 2021 (Dec. 23, 2020)	Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald	HawaiiCourt	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-037	Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County)Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings	State Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed)	Cobb County, Georgia (State Court)Court	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-040	General Order 2020-75 Re: Extension of Jury Trials SuspensionGeneral Order 2020-75 (filed December 23, 2020)	Presiding Judge	Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-034	Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Newsom, No. 20-56357Order on the emergency motion for injunction pending appeal: response due Dec. 28 and reply Dec. 29, 2020, without temporary relief before…	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	United States (California orders)Court	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-026	Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo; Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, Nos. 20-3572, 20-3590, 983 F.3d 620Opinion reversing and remanding for preliminary injunctions	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	United States (New York orders)Court	Dec. 28, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. TN-047	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Extending State of Emergency and Reinstating Suspension of In-Person Court ProceedingsOrder Extending State of Emergency and Reinstating Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-017	State of Minnesota v. Alibi Drinkery, LLC, No. 19HA-CV-20-4167, Temporary Injunction with incorporated memorandum (filed Dec. 31, 2020)Temporary Injunction: State's request granted; Defendant's request to dissolve the temporary restraining order denied; Executive Order 20-99…	Minnesota District Court, First Judicial District, Dakota County (Hon. Jerome B. Abrams)	Minnesota (Dakota County, First Judicial District)Court	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limit	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-055	Third Amended Administrative Order 2020-04 Regarding Court Operations and Suspension of Jury TrialsThird Amended Admin Order Limited Court Operations and Suspension of Jury Trials 2020-04 (late 2020; archived Jan. 20, 2021)	Chief Judge, Second Judicial District	Second Judicial District (Denver District, County, Juvenile and Probate Courts), ColoradoCourt	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-033	Monclova Christian Academy v. Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, No. 20-4300, 984 F.3d 477Order granting injunction pending appeal	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	United States (Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio order)Court	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. UT-049	Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (December 31, 2020)Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic	Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council	UtahCourt	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-027	Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (December 3, 2020)In re: Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (Dec. 3, 2020)	Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-059	News release of Dec. 14, 2020 on the Amended Standing Order Regarding Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments (orders of Dec. 8 and Dec. 11, 2020; changes effective Jan. 4, 2021)News Release: Amended Order re: Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments	Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)	Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AR-025	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 1 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the jury-trial suspension through February 28, 2021	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Jan. 5, 2021	2021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SD-043	COVID-19 Response: orders currently approved (index, January 2021 version)COVID-19 Response	South Dakota Unified Judicial System	South DakotaCourt	Jan. 10, 2021	2021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read

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)
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 20-1507, 984 F.3d 21 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-036)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020) (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. VT-054)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-064)
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald, Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152 (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. HI-063)
State Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed), Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County) (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-037)
Presiding Judge, General Order 2020-75 Re: Extension of Jury Trials Suspension (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-040)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Newsom, No. 20-56357 (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-034)
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo; Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, Nos. 20-3572, 20-3590, 983 F.3d 620 (Dec. 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-026)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Extending State of Emergency and Reinstating Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. TN-047)
Minnesota District Court, First Judicial District, Dakota County (Hon. Jerome B. Abrams), State of Minnesota v. Alibi Drinkery, LLC, No. 19HA-CV-20-4167, Temporary Injunction with incorporated memorandum (filed Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MN-017)
Chief Judge, Second Judicial District, Third Amended Administrative Order 2020-04 Regarding Court Operations and Suspension of Jury Trials (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-DEN-055)
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Monclova Christian Academy v. Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, No. 20-4300, 984 F.3d 477 (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-033)
Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council, Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (December 31, 2020) (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. UT-049)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (December 3, 2020) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-027)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom), News release of Dec. 14, 2020 on the Amended Standing Order Regarding Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments (orders of Dec. 8 and Dec. 11, 2020; changes effective Jan. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAC-059)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 1 (per curiam) (Jan. 5, 2021) (Ex. AR-025)
South Dakota Unified Judicial System, COVID-19 Response: orders currently approved (index, January 2021 version) (Jan. 10, 2021) (Ex. SD-043)

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