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Ex. DC-062Court of Appeals Court Operations Order (January 25, 2021)Order addressing court operations (through March 2021)District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief JudgeDistrict of ColumbiaCourtJan. 25, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-056Sixth Amended Administrative Order 2020-04 Regarding Court Operations and Suspension of Jury TrialsSixth Amended Admin Order 2020-04 (January 25, 2021)Chief Judge, Second Judicial DistrictSecond Judicial District, ColoradoCourtJan. 25, 20212021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MIA-058Machovec v. Palm Beach County, No. 4D20-1765 (Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 27, 2021)Affirmance of the denial of a temporary injunction against Palm Beach County Emergency Order 2020-012 (mask mandate); rational-basis review…Fourth District Court of Appeal (Forst, J.)Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal (Palm Beach County)CourtJan. 27, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-033Administrative Order No. 2021-002: Updated Supplemental Judicial Emergency Order to Continue Jury Trials Until After April 19, 2021In re: Updated Supplemental Judicial Emergency Order to Continue Jury Trials Until After April 19, 2021Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General DivisionCity of Cleveland, OhioCourtFeb. 4, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. CA-052South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20A136 (Feb. 5, 2021) (order on application for injunctive relief)South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, 592 U.S. ___ (2021)Supreme Court of the United StatesCalifornia (federal injunction against State orders)CourtFeb. 5, 20212021 Q1Gathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-004South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20A136, 141 S. Ct. 716Order granting application in partSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States (California orders)CourtFeb. 5, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-137Eleventh Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyEleventh extension of the Statewide Judicial Emergency (recites the ten prior extensions; jury trials resume under local plans)Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)GeorgiaCourtFeb. 7, 20212021 Q1Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-024Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations, Including Jury Trials, Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry, Feb. 10, 2021)In re: Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations, Including Jury Trials, Due to COVID-19 PandemicJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General DivisionCuyahoga County, OhioCourtFeb. 10, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. LA-065Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of February 11, 2021Order: no jury trials before April 1, 2021; local courts to determine thereafterSupreme Court of LouisianaLouisianaCourtFeb. 11, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-026In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 30 (per curiam)Per curiam suspending jury trials through April 30, 2021Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtFeb. 12, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-296Tenth Amended General Order 20-0012In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency (Tenth Amended)Chief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, Rockford)CourtFeb. 12, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-041Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152 (Dkt. 95)Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Feb. 12, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtFeb. 12, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-013Lujan Grisham v. Romero, 2021-NMSC-009, 483 P.3d 545, No. S-1-SC-38396 (N.M. Feb. 15, 2021)Opinion holding that the Governor and Secretary of Health are authorized to restrict or close businesses when necessary for the protection…Supreme Court of New MexicoNew MexicoCourtFeb. 15, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-043Administrative Order No. 2020-06-07Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (return to normal Phase 2; jury trials resume Feb. 15, 2021)Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)CourtFeb. 9, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-071PMO-SJC-10Order Regarding Remote Child Protective Custody ProceedingsMaine Supreme Judicial CourtMaineCourtFeb. 17, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MN-050Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Feb. 18, 2021)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial BranchMinnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. GildeaMinnesotaCourtFeb. 18, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-088Order No. 25700-B-658, Fifth Revised and Extended Order Regarding Court OperationsFifth Revised and Extended Order Regarding Court Operations (civil jury trials permitted with strict distancing; remote proceedings…Supreme Court of WashingtonWashingtonCourtFeb. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WA-094Supreme Court Order No. 25700-B-658Fifth Revised and Extended Order Regarding Court OperationsSupreme Court of WashingtonWashingtonCourtFeb. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-041General Order 2021-9 Re: Extension of Jury Trials SuspensionGeneral Order 2021-9 (filed January 2021; jury trials suspended through February 26, 2021)Presiding JudgeSuperior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtFeb. 26, 20212021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-040Gateway City Church v. Newsom, No. 20A138 (miscellaneous order)Order granting injunction pending appealSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States (Santa Clara County, California order)CourtFeb. 26, 20212021 Q1Gathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MD-088Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency (Feb. 16, 2021): Phase III from Mar. 1 and Phase IV from Mar. 15, 2021; jury trials Apr. 26, 2021Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 EmergencyChief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of MarylandMarylandCourtFeb. 16, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-062Fourth Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (effective March 1, 2021)Fourth Amended Emergency Order (all hearings and trials held remotely; remote jury trials; in-person proceedings not to resume until safe)Travis County Civil and Family CourtsTravis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law)CourtMar. 1, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-049In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court ProceedingsOrder Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court ProceedingsTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtFeb. 12, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-035Tenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 21MS000107Tenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtMar. 2, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-027In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic / Vaccine Eligibility (per curiam, Mar. 4, 2021)Per curiam designating justice-system workers as Phase 1-B essential workers eligible for vaccinationSupreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtMar. 4, 20212021 Q1Health care ordersOtherPrimary source read

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