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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
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-038General Administrative Order No. 2021-02: Residential eviction proceedings, proceduresProcedures governing residential eviction proceedings from June 25, 2021 as the statewide moratorium was phased out: which cases may be…Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtJune 25, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DC-028Court of Appeals Order (Filed June 25, 2021)Order addressing court operations through August 31, 2021District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief JudgeDistrict of ColumbiaCourtJune 25, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
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-LA-062General Order 2021-GEN-023-00, Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re Mandatory Use of Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 24, 2021; effective June 28, 2021)Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re Mandatory Use of Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021-GEN-023-00)Presiding Judge Eric C. TaylorSuperior Court of California, County of Los AngelesCourtJune 24, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MN-053Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed June 28, 2021)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial BranchMinnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. GildeaMinnesotaCourtJune 28, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-059Supreme Court Order No. 21-8500-015 (amending PHE Protocols Nos. 1 and 2)In the Matter of the Amendment of the New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency ProtocolsSupreme Court of New MexicoNew MexicoCourtJune 29, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-044Order, In re the Matter of Remote Hearings in Appellate CourtsOrder terminating the suspension of most in-person appellate proceedings as of 11:59 p.m. June 30, 2021Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtJune 18, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-040Release: Delaware Courts to lift judicial emergency on July 13, 2021 and lift mask mandate for the fully vaccinated on July 1, 2021Release announcing the sixteenth and final extension (to July 13, 2021), the end of the mask mandate for fully vaccinated persons on July 1…Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtJune 29, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-313Amended Standing Order 2021-07In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Amended; Phase Three relaxations effective July 1, 2021)Chief Judge James K. BredarUnited States District Court for the District of MarylandCourtJune 23, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-337General Order 78In re: Update to Court Operations in Light of California's ReopeningChief Judge Richard SeeborgUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourtJune 23, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-051Local Judicial Emergency Order (In Re: Local Judicial Emergency Order), filed in the Supreme Court of Georgia July 1, 2021Declaration of local judicial emergency upon expiration of the Statewide Judicial EmergencyChief Judge, Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial CircuitGeorgia (Augusta Judicial Circuit; Richmond County)CourtJuly 1, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-034Order of Court of July 1, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-92-PJ)In re: Resumption of Normal Court Operations, No. AD-21-92-PJKim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtJuly 1, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061Administrative Order No. 22 (extension of the judicial emergency until 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021)Sixteenth and final extension: judicial emergency continued to 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021; audiovisual proceedings and tolling of the Speedy…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJune 29, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MI-079Order amending Administrative Order No. 2020-17 (July 2, 2021)Amendment of AO 2020-17, Continuation of Alternative Procedures for Landlord/Tenant Cases (CERA stays; conditional dismissals)Michigan Supreme CourtMichiganCourtJuly 2, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AK-058Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8289Special Order 8289, Update regarding COVID-19 and Criminal Jury Trials (class A and unclassified felony trials may resume July 6, 2021)Chief Justice (Alaska Supreme Court)Alaska (statewide courts)CourtJune 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read

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