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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013	Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021)Standing order resuming foreclosure mediations, virtually, effective March 1, 2021	Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division	Connecticut Superior Court (Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division) (statewide)Court	Feb. 25, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MD-088	Amended 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 Emergency	Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland	MarylandCourt	Feb. 16, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-062	Fourth 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 Courts	Travis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law)Court	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-042	News 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 RiversideCourt	Feb. 16, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-049	In 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 Proceedings	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	Feb. 12, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-035	Tenth 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 Emergency	Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)	Franklin County, OhioCourt	Mar. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-027	In 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 vaccination	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	Mar. 4, 2021	2021 Q1	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-020	Order No. 25700-B-661, Order Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing ExaminationsOrder Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing Examinations, No. 25700-B-661	Supreme Court of Washington	Washington; Supreme Court of Washington (legal licensing examinations)Court	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-075	Order No. 25700-B-660, Order Regarding Transfer of October 2020 Remote Bar Examination Scores to Washington (recites the May 15, 2020 order reducing the passing score to 266 for July and September 2020 and the June 12, 2020 order granting diploma privilege; authorizes acceptance of October 2020 remote scores)Order Regarding Transfer of October 2020 Remote Bar Examination Scores to Washington, No. 25700-B-660	Supreme Court of Washington	Washington; Supreme Court of Washington (bar admission)Court	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-068	Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Sixth Emergency Order (remote participation on request; in-person proceedings under local minimum standard health protocols; jury…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-063	Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-012	Press release: Hamilton County Courts will resume jury trials March 8, 2021Hamilton County Courts will resume jury trials March 8, 2021	Hamilton County Courts (Presiding Judges Jody M. Luebbers and Heather S. Russell)	Hamilton County, OhioCourt	Feb. 19, 2021	2021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-306	Standing Order 21-04In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (jury trials and grand juries)	Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson	United States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourt	Mar. 11, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-017	Administrative Order 21-03 (All Court Operations in Response to COVID-19)Administrative Order 21-03	Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice James W. Hardesty	Clark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District)Court	Mar. 11, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ME-072	PMO-SJC-12Order Creating a Pilot Project for Stand-Alone Small Claims Mediation	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	MaineCourt	Mar. 15, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-051	Modification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person ProceedingsModification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person Proceedings	Harris County Local Administrative District Judge	Harris County, Texas (all courts)Court	Mar. 15, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SC-053	Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01)Resumption of in-person proceedings March 15, 2021 and jury trials April 5, 2021 under safety plans	Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	South CarolinaCourt	Feb. 26, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. VT-055	Amendment 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 exam	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Mar. 8, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-305	Standing Order 21-02In re: Further Suspension of In-Person Judicial Proceedings and Limitations of Grand Jury Proceedings Due to COVID-19	Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson	United States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourt	Mar. 17, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-020	Munza v. Ivey, No. 1200003 (Ala. Mar. 19, 2021), 334 So. 3d 211Barry Munza, Larry Lewis, and Debbie Mathis v. Kay Ivey, in her official capacity as Governor; Scott Harris, in his official capacity as…	Supreme Court of Alabama (Bolin, J.)	Alabama (Supreme Court of Alabama)Court	Mar. 19, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DC-027	Court of Appeals Court Operations Order (March 22, 2021)Order addressing court operations through June 30, 2021	District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief Judge	District of ColumbiaCourt	Mar. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MN-051	Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Mar. 22, 2021)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch	Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea	MinnesotaCourt	Mar. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-020	Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, Memorandum Opinion denying a preliminary injunction (ECF No. 24), Civil Action No. 7:21-cv-00135Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, No. 7:21cv00135 (W.D. Va. Mar. 26, 2021)	Thomas T. Cullen, United States District Judge	Virginia (United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division)Court	Mar. 26, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-038	Order of Court of March 26, 2021: Public Access to Remote Proceedings (AD-2021-43-PJ)In re: Public Access to Remote Proceedings, No. AD-2021-43-PJ	Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Mar. 26, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-011	Casey v. Lamont, SC 20494 (argued Dec. 11, 2020; officially released Mar. 29, 2021), 338 Conn. 479, 258 A.3d 647 (2021)Kristine Casey et al. v. Governor Ned Lamont	Supreme Court of Connecticut (McDonald, J., for a unanimous court; Robinson, C.J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js.)	Connecticut (Supreme Court of Connecticut)Court	Mar. 29, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read

Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division, Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021) (Feb. 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013)
Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Amended 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, 2021 (Ex. MD-088)
Travis County Civil and Family Courts, Fourth Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (effective March 1, 2021) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-062)
Superior Court of California, County of Riverside (Public Information Officer Marita C. Ford), News Release: Resumption of Jury Trials (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-RIV-042)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-049)
Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.), Tenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 21MS000107 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-CMH-035)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic / Vaccine Eligibility (per curiam, Mar. 4, 2021) (Ex. AR-027)
Supreme Court of Washington, Order No. 25700-B-661, Order Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing Examinations (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-020)
Supreme Court of Washington, Order No. 25700-B-660, Order Regarding Transfer of October 2020 Remote Bar Examination Scores to Washington (recites the May 15, 2020 order reducing the passing score to 266 for July and September 2020 and the June 12, 2020 order granting diploma privilege; authorizes acceptance of October 2020 remote scores) (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-075)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-068)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026 (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. TX-063)
Hamilton County Courts (Presiding Judges Jody M. Luebbers and Heather S. Russell), Press release: Hamilton County Courts will resume jury trials March 8, 2021 (Feb. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-CIN-012)
Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-04 (Mar. 11, 2021) (Ex. FED-306)
Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice James W. Hardesty, Administrative Order 21-03 (All Court Operations in Response to COVID-19) (Mar. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-LAS-017)
Maine Supreme Judicial Court, PMO-SJC-12 (Mar. 15, 2021) (Ex. ME-072)
Harris County Local Administrative District Judge, Modification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person Proceedings (Mar. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-051)
Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re In-Person Proceedings and Jury Trials in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity Courts (2021-02-26-01) (Ex. SC-053)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated March 8, 2021) (Mar. 8, 2021) (Ex. VT-055)
Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-02 (Mar. 17, 2021) (Ex. FED-305)
Supreme Court of Alabama (Bolin, J.), Munza v. Ivey, No. 1200003 (Ala. Mar. 19, 2021), 334 So. 3d 211 (Ex. DUT-AL-020)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals Court Operations Order (March 22, 2021) (Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. DC-027)
Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. MN-051)
Thomas T. Cullen, United States District Judge, Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, Memorandum Opinion denying a preliminary injunction (ECF No. 24), Civil Action No. 7:21-cv-00135 (Mar. 26, 2021) (Ex. DUT-VA-020)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of March 26, 2021: Public Access to Remote Proceedings (AD-2021-43-PJ) (Mar. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-038)
Supreme Court of Connecticut (McDonald, J., for a unanimous court; Robinson, C.J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js.), Casey v. Lamont, SC 20494 (argued Dec. 11, 2020; officially released Mar. 29, 2021), 338 Conn. 479, 258 A.3d 647 (2021) (Ex. DUT-CT-011)

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