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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. HI-065Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (June 7, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtJune 7, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-012Local Administrative Order 2021-15Plan to Return to Full Capacity - Phase Three Forward; rescinds and replaces LAO 2021-08Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO)Wayne County, Michigan (Third Judicial Circuit)CourtJune 7, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-056Order of the Chief Justice, 4 June 2021 (effective 7 June 2021)Order Extending Emergency Directives (Emergency Directives 3 and 5 and related tools)Chief Justice Paul NewbyNorth CarolinaCourtJune 4, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. UT-050Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (June 3, 2021)Administrative Order for Court Operations During PandemicUtah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial CouncilUtahCourtJune 3, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-029In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Return to the Regular Standards for Remote Court Participation and Reopening of the Justice Building, 2021 Ark. 135 (per curiam)Per curiam returning remote participation to case-by-case discretion and recording the Justice Building's reopening June 1, 2021Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtJune 10, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
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. WI-023James v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 58, Nos. 2020AP1419-OA, 2020AP1420-OA, 2020AP1446-OAOpinion holding local health officers lack statutory power to close schools; Dane County Emergency Order 9 vacated in partWisconsin Supreme Court (Rebecca Grassl Bradley, J.)WisconsinCourtJune 11, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-064Hennepin County District Court COVID-19 Information page (Aug. 3, 2021 capture): transitional phase June 14 - September 6, 2021Court operations in transitional phase June 14 - Sept. 6, 2021: in-person criminal jury trials and major hearings; all other proceedings…Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Minnesota Judicial Branch page)Hennepin County (Fourth Judicial District)CourtAug. 3, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MN-052Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed May 25, 2021)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial BranchMinnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. GildeaMinnesotaCourtMay 25, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-066Fifth Amended Order Regarding Entering Judiciary Facilities, SCMF-20-0000152Fifth Amended Order restricting entry to judiciary facilities (screening; travel exclusions; face coverings) (June 15, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtJune 15, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SC-054Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended June 15, 2021) (2021-06-15-01)Trial-court order in force through Q3 2021: masks per the July 30, 2020 order, six-foot distancing, 113 square feet per person, fever…Supreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtJune 15, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-TPA-084Administrative Order No. 2021-029 PA/PI-CIR (face mask and distancing requirements for court facilities)Face mask and distancing requirements in Sixth Circuit courthouses (title to be verified)Chief Judge Anthony RondolinoSixth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Pasco and Pinellas Counties)CourtAug. 1, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
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. MET-ORL-044Administrative Order No. 2020-06-09Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (transition to broader in-person contact; masks optional except at the Booking and…Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)CourtJune 17, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. VT-058Memorandum to the Vermont Bar, Update on COVID-19 Pandemic MeasuresJudicial emergency continues after the Governor's order expired; mask policy; clerk windows; non-HVAC courthouses closed to in-person…State Court Administrator Patricia GabelVermontCourtJune 18, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-045Order, In re the Matter of the Filing of Court Documents in Circuit and Appellate Courts (Temporary Mailbox Rule)Order terminating the temporary mailbox rule of April 13, 2020Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtJune 18, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-301Fifth Amended General Order 20-0022In re: Criminal Case Procedures During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Fifth Amended)Chief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerUnited States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourtJune 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FL-069Administrative Order No. AOSC21-17In re: COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols and Emergency Operational Measures for Florida Appellate and Trial CourtsChief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of FloridaFlorida (all State courts)CourtJune 4, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. IA-055Order, In the Matter of Ongoing COVID-19 Iowa Judicial Branch Court Services and Processes Continued to January 1, 2022Order continuing the protocols, policies and procedures of the amended November 24, 2020 order from their June 30, 2021 sunset to January 1…Iowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtJune 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-TPA-053Administrative Order No. 2021-019 PA/PI-CIRTransition to Broader Use of In-Person Proceedings in Conformity with Supreme Court Administrative Order AOSC21-17Chief Judge Anthony RondolinoSixth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Pasco and Pinellas Counties)CourtJune 16, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-05721 June 2021 Revocation of the 7 June 2021 Order of the Chief JusticeRevocation of the 7 June 2021 Order (no more Emergency Directives)Chief Justice Paul NewbyNorth CarolinaCourtJune 21, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-075Administrative Order 2021-10, 'Modifying Court Operations' (June 22, 2021)Administrative Order 2021-10: Modifying Court OperationsChief Judge Kimberly A. MooreUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitCourtJune 22, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-078Protocols for In-Person Arguments (June 22, 2021)Protocols for In-Person ArgumentsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitCourtJune 22, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-040Administrative Order Regarding CDC Extension of Evictions (June 24, 2021)Administrative Order Regarding CDC Extension of EvictionsFranklin County Municipal Court (Barrows, Adm. & Presiding J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtJune 24, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read