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Ex. MET-SAC-059News 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 AssignmentsSuperior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourtDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063February 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction (table last updated Jan. 12, 2021): Feb. 23-24, 2021 examination administered remotely in 41 jurisdictions (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WI and LA on Feb. 9), with the courts' order dates in the announcementsFebruary 2021 Bar Exam Status by JurisdictionNational Conference of Bar ExaminersAll U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory for the February 2021 bar examinationCourtJan. 12, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-VT-020State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): settlement filed January 15, 2021 (agreement to comply with the Governor's executive order; $1,000 payment)Attorney general settles with Rutland gym owner (VTDigger, Jan. 15, 2021)State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan; Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (settlement filed for court approval January 15, 2021); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), January 15, 2021Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)CourtJan. 15, 20212021 Q1Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-TPA-076Administrative Order S-2021-006Health & Safety Requirements in Courthouse Facilities During COVID-19 Mitigation EffortsChief Judge Ronald N. FicarrottaThirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Hillsborough County)CourtJan. 15, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-075Sixth Order Extending the Thirty-Second Judicial District's Past Declared EmergencySixth Order Extending the Thirty-Second Judicial District's Past Declared EmergencyPresident Judge Kevin F. KellyDelaware County, Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, 32nd Judicial District)CourtJan. 22, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DCM-112Prince William Judicial Center COVID-19 protocols (temperature checks and face coverings for all entrants)Prince William Judicial Center COVID-19 Protocols (county release, captured February 4, 2021)Prince William County Circuit Court, General District Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court with the Sheriff's Office (county release)Prince William County, Virginia (31st Judicial Circuit)CourtFeb. 4, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-060Utah Courts alerts page (capture of Feb. 6, 2021) listing: 'Pandemic Administrative Order - SL and Tooele Counties' (May 4, 2020; front service counter hours); 'SL City Justice Court Standing Order - GCO 10-8' (July 6, 2020; 'Standing order for court operations under COVID-19'); 'Amended Admin Order Summit County' (Aug. 3, 2020); '2nd District... General Order regarding COVID-19 Security Screening' (July 1, 2020)Utah State Courts, Alerts: Court Operations During Pandemic (local orders listed)Utah State Courts (alerts page listing the local orders)Third Judicial District (Salt Lake, Tooele and Summit Counties) and Salt Lake City Justice CourtCourtFeb. 6, 2021Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person planJuly 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information (map, announcements and table)National Conference of Bar ExaminersAll U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory of supreme court and board orders for the July 2021 bar examinationCourtMay 18, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MSY-045COVID-19 Order of the Civil District Court, February 11, 2021Civil District Court and First and Second City Court Amended Emergency Order (February 11, 2021)Chief Judges of the Civil District Court and the First and Second City CourtsCivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; First and Second City CourtsCourtFeb. 11, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021)Standing order resuming foreclosure mediations, virtually, effective March 1, 2021Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil DivisionConnecticut Superior Court (Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division) (statewide)CourtFeb. 25, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-042News Release: Resumption of Jury TrialsResumption of Jury Trials (February 16, 2021)Superior Court of California, County of Riverside (Public Information Officer Marita C. Ford)Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtFeb. 16, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-055Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated March 8, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to May 31, 2021; court-by-court authorization of jury trials; remote July 2021 bar examVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtMar. 8, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-059Administrative Order No. 19 (April 30, 2021): Extension of Judicial Emergency; Phase 3 to commence June 1, 2021, with an updated Jury Management Plan (Exhibit 1)Fourteenth extension; direction that Phase 3 of the Reopening Plan, as modified, commence June 1, 2021 with jury trialsChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtApr. 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-056Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 12, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to July 5, 2021; mandatory remote hearings end June 14, 2021Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtMay 12, 20212021 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-065Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyFinal extension; expiry of the statewide judicial emergency at 11:59 P.M. June 30, 2021; jury and grand jury deadlines remain tolledChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtJune 7, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DCM-043First and Second Amendments to the Mandatory Face Covering Order (June 10, 2021 and July 6, 2021)Amended Mandatory Face Covering Orders of June 10, 2021 and July 6, 2021 (face coverings for persons not fully vaccinated; masks in…Circuit Court of Fairfax CountyFairfax County, VirginiaCourtJune 10, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-289General Order 20-10 (court operations under COVID-19, March 2020) and its successors General Orders 20-11 through 20-30 (2020) and 21-11 (June 17, 2021)General Order 20-10: Court Operations (COVID-19), with successors (20-12 Grand Jury; 20-13, 20-15, 20-16, 20-17 Court Operations; 20-18…Chief Judge G. Murray SnowUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Yuma)CourtJune 17, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-057Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated June 25, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to September 7, 2021; Court Administrator authority over screening, masks and distancing in Judiciary buildingsVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtJune 25, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-092State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page et al., No. 21SL-CC03334 (petition filed July 26, 2021) (secondary-source record)Legal cover: Schmitt takes novel approach in mask mandate challenge (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 16, 2021)Attorney General Eric Schmitt (petition), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtJuly 26, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-052Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 2021), as amended Aug. 2, 2021 (AMENDED_ORDER_DECLARING_JUDICIAL_EMERGENCY_080221.pdf)Local Order Issued Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial CircuitChief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton CountyFulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-081State ex rel. Schmitt v. City of Kansas City (filed Aug. 3, 2021) and State ex rel. Schmitt v. Jackson County (filed Aug. 19, 2021)Attorney General's suits to enjoin the Kansas City and Jackson County mask ordersMissouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (plaintiff); Kansas City, Missouri and Jackson County (Frank White, Jr.) (defendants)Jackson County Circuit Court, Missouri (16th Judicial Circuit)CourtAug. 3, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-091Temporary restraining order of Aug. 3, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)St. Louis mask mandate temporarily on hold; Kansas City sued (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 4, 2021)Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (temporary restraining order), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtAug. 3, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-063Sacramento Superior Court 'Coronavirus (COVID-19)' page, General Orders & Notices list, as captured Aug. 6, 2021Sacramento Superior Court - Coronavirus (COVID-19) - General Orders & NoticesSuperior Court of California, County of SacramentoSacramento County, CaliforniaCourtAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-13-019Chrysafis v. Marks, 594 U.S. ___ (Aug. 12, 2021) (order granting injunction pending appeal as to Part A of the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act)On Application for Injunctive ReliefSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States (New York)CourtAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-093Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 20, 2021)Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtAug. 20, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source