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Ex. IA-054Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services (face coverings revised)Order exempting fully vaccinated persons from the court face-covering requirement while keeping it for unvaccinated persons and keeping all…Iowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtMay 14, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-055Modification of the 10 May 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (14 May 2021)Modification eliminating Emergency Directive 21 (face coverings)Chief Justice Paul NewbyNorth CarolinaCourtMay 14, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-050In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering RequirementsOrder Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering RequirementsTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtMay 14, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-055Orphans' Court Division Administrative Docket No. 17 of 2021In Re: Resumption of In-Person Proceedings and Availability of Hybrid HearingsHon. Sheila Woods-Skipper, Administrative Judge, Orphans' Court DivisionFirst Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Orphans' Court Division)CourtApr. 22, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MT-061Memorandum of the Chief Justice, May 17, 2021: Updated Judicial Branch Covid-19 ProtocolsUpdated Judicial Branch Covid-19 Protocols, May 17, 2021Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of MontanaMontana (statewide judiciary)CourtMay 17, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-050Administrative Order 2021-16 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Health and Safety Requirements (masks no longer required for fully…Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)KentuckyCourtMay 18, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DC-026Superior Court Amended General Order (Amended 5/19/21)Order re operations through July 15, 2021Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Chief JudgeDistrict of ColumbiaCourtMay 19, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-037Administrative Order Concerning Operations (May 19, 2021)Administrative Order Concerning OperationsFranklin County Municipal Court (Hon. Ted Barrows, Administrative and Presiding Judge)Franklin County, OhioCourtMay 19, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-058Administrative Order No. 2021-77Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (Replacing AO…Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtMay 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-011JL Properties Group B, LLC v. Pritzker, 2021 IL App (3d) 200305Affirmance of the circuit court's refusal of a preliminary injunction against the Governor's residential eviction moratoria; the special…Illinois Appellate Court, Third District (majority; Presiding Justice McDade specially concurring)Illinois (Appellate Court, Third District)CourtMay 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WI-029Order, In re the Matter of Modification of Circuit Court and Municipal Accommodations That Were Required Because of the COVID-19 PandemicOrder superseding the Oct. 1, 2020 order; masking, distancing and sanitizing left to county-wide decisions with chief-judge approvalWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtMay 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-074Administrative Order 2021-09, 'Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building' (May 22, 2021)Administrative Order 2021-09: Restricting Court Access to the National Courts BuildingChief Judge Kimberly A. Moore (Federal Circuit) and Chief Judge Elaine D. Kaplan (Court of Federal Claims)Federal Circuit and Court of Federal Claims (National Courts Building)CourtMay 22, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Business closureFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. IA-077Public Administrative Order No. 21-AO-6-P, In the Matter of COVID-19 Mask RequirementOrder modifying the courthouse mask requirement: fully vaccinated persons exempt; unvaccinated persons must wear a mask and physically…United States District Court for the Southern District of IowaIowa (Southern District federal courthouses: Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Davenport)CourtMay 24, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-297Amended General Order 21-0006 (May 26, 2021)In re: Plan for the Safe Resumption of Jury Trials and Court Operations (Amended May 26, 2021)Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee)United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. TX-064Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9060Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-072Order Dissolving Collin County District Court COVID Emergency OrdersOrder dissolving all Collin County district court COVID emergency orders (May 27, 2021)Collin County District Courts (Local Administrative District Judge Emily Miskel, on behalf of thirteen district courts)Collin County, TexasCourtMay 27, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021Release announcing the fifteenth 30-day extension, the June 1, 2021 return to Phase 3 with jury trials, the continued courthouse mask…Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AK-057Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8275Special Order 8275, Regarding Update to Special Order 8149, COVID-19 Visitor Health Precautions (unvaccinated visitors must mask; screening)Chief Justice Joel H. BolgerAlaska (statewide courts)CourtJune 1, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-021Case v. Ivey, No. 2:20-cv-777-WKW, Doc. 54 (M.D. Ala. June 1, 2021) (Memorandum and Opinion Order)Jennifer Case, et al. v. Kay Ivey, in her individual capacity and official capacity as Governor of Alabama, et al.United States District Court, M.D. Ala. (Watkins, J.)Alabama (United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division)CourtJune 1, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-069Misc. Docket No. 21-9060, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Eighth Emergency Order (in force June 1-Aug. 1, 2021: remote participation; local health protocols; jury proceedings under approved…Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KS-073Administrative Order 2021-PR-048District and Appellate Courts Operations as of June 1, 2021Kansas Supreme CourtKansasCourtMay 24, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MD-089Second Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency (May 24, 2021, effective June 1, 2021): Phase V with continuing health measuresSecond Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 EmergencyChief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of MarylandMarylandCourtMay 24, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-073Final Addendum / Discontinuance of Phased Management PlanFinal Addendum / Discontinuance of Phased Management PlanMaine Supreme Judicial Court (Acting Chief Justice Mead)MaineCourtJune 1, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ME-074Post-Pandemic Management Order PPMO-SJC-1 (issued June 1, 2021; revised June 28, July 1, Aug. 16, 2021; Mar. 11, May 4, 2022; Mar. 30, 2023)PPMO-SJC-1: Administrative Order and Notice from the Maine Supreme Judicial CourtMaine Supreme Judicial CourtMaineCourtJune 1, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-070Administrative Order 21-116: Court OperationsAdministrative Order 21-116 (June 18, 2021)Chief Judge Ingrid S. BakkeTwentieth Judicial District (Boulder County), ColoradoCourtJune 18, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read