Skip to content
The COVID Project

The Record

The Orders Library

13,511 instruments indexed by The COVID Project: the orders of the fifty States and the District, forty metros, the federal layer and the agencies; the standing duties; the organizers' notices; the legal authorities. Filter by kind, State, limitation type, quarter and more; open the exhibit; download what you find.

Results

The COVID Projectcovidproject.com/library
207 instruments · showing 1–25
Download
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerJurisdictionIssuedQuartersLimitationsGradeFile
Ex. GA-053Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Dougherty County)Superior Court of Dougherty CountyGeorgia (Dougherty Judicial Circuit; Dougherty County / Albany)CourtJuly 16, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-06-009Order granting preliminary injunction, Florida v. Becerra, No. 8:21-cv-839-SDM-AAS, Doc. 91 (M.D. Fla. June 18, 2021)Order (preliminary injunction against the Conditional Sailing Order as to Florida)Judge Steven D. MerrydayUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division)CourtJune 18, 20212021 Q3Travel and quarantineOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-021Order of July 19, 2021 (Order List: 594 U.S.)Order rescinding the Court's orders of March 19, 2020 and April 15, 2020 relating to COVID-19, subject to clarificationsSupreme Court of the United StatesSupreme Court of the United StatesCourtJuly 19, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-026Guidance Concerning Clerk's Office Operations (updated July 19, 2021)Guidance Concerning Clerk's Office OperationsClerk of the Court, Scott S. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States (Office of the Clerk)CourtJuly 19, 20212021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-019Administrative Order 21-05 (Reinstating Face Coverings in Response to COVID-19)Administrative Order 21-05Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice James W. HardestyClark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District)CourtJuly 19, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-014Administrative Order No. 2021-104In the Matter of Lifting Restrictions on Physical Access to Court Facilities Used by Justice Courts Due to a Public Health Emergency and…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeMaricopa County, Arizona (Justice Courts)CourtJuly 16, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-025Administrative Order No. 2021-103In the Matter of Lifting Restrictions on Physical Access to Court Facilities Due to a Public Health Emergency (replacing AO 2021-073)Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeMaricopa County, Arizona (Superior Court)CourtJuly 16, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-041Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9078 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtJuly 19, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-046General Order No. 2021-27, Twenty-Seventh Implementation of Emergency Relief Authorized Pursuant to Government Code Section 68115General Order 2021-27 (July 20, 2021)Presiding Judge, implementing the Chief Justice's emergency order of July 20, 2021Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtJuly 20, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. RI-084Supreme Court Executive Order 2021-04COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Continuity of OperationsRhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)Rhode IslandCourtJuly 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-071Order 2021-00624th JDC: masks required in all common areas of the Thomas F. Donelon Courthouse from July 22, 2021Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach24th Judicial District Court, Parish of JeffersonCourtJuly 21, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-042Memorandum Regarding Jury Trial Proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas in New Castle CountyProtocols for the resumption of jury trials from August 2021: one trial day per week in August-September 2021, two in October; Zoom case…Court of Common Pleas for the State of Delaware (New Castle County)Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware, New Castle CountyCourtJuly 23, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-092State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page et al., No. 21SL-CC03334 (petition filed July 26, 2021) (secondary-source record)Legal cover: Schmitt takes novel approach in mask mandate challenge (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 16, 2021)Attorney General Eric Schmitt (petition), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtJuly 26, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-080Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Orders (official compilation, current through July 2022), including the July 26, 2021 rescission of AOs 2020-1, 2020-6, 2020-9, 2020-14 and 2020-19Administrative Orders compilation with the entered/rescinded history of every COVID-19 administrative orderMichigan Supreme CourtMichiganCourtJuly 26, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-042Twelfth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 21MS000275Twelfth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtJuly 27, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SD-087Standing Order Revoking Standing Order Converting Misdemeanor Warrants (Notwithstanding Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Violation of Protection Orders, and Violations of No Contact Orders) to PR Bench Warrants, CIV 20-4Standing Order Revoking Warrant-Conversion OrderPresiding Judge, Second Judicial Circuit; approved by the Supreme Court (Jensen, C.J.) July 27, 2021Second Judicial CircuitCourtJuly 14, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AL-063Administrative Order No. 12: Extending Orders Pertaining to Workers' Compensation CasesMarch 18, 2020 workers'-compensation order extended to October 29, 2021Supreme Court of AlabamaAlabamaCourtJuly 28, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-015Administrative Order No. 2021-112In the Matter of Maintaining Social Distancing of Six Feet in Court Facilities in Maricopa County (amending AOs 2021-103, 2021-104 and…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeMaricopa County, Arizona (Superior, Justice and Municipal Courts)CourtJuly 28, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FL-070Administrative Order No. AOSC21-17, Amendment 1In re: COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols and Emergency Operational Measures for Florida Appellate and Trial Courts (Amendment 1)Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of FloridaFlorida (all State courts)CourtJuly 29, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-LA-063General Order of July 29, 2021 (amending 2021-GEN-021-00 of July 16 and 19, 2021) extending criminal trial and preliminary-hearing deadlines to Aug. 13, 2021, with the Court's July 30, 2021 news releasePresiding Judge Eric C. Taylor Extends General Order for Criminal Trials, Preliminary Hearings by Additional Two Weeks as COVID-19 Cases…Presiding Judge Eric C. TaylorSuperior Court of California, County of Los AngelesCourtJuly 29, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-015Hawse v. Page, No. 20-1960 (8th Cir. July 30, 2021), reported at 7 F.4th 685Lauren Hawse, et al. v. Sam Page, County Executive of St. Louis County, and Faisal Khan, Director of the St. Louis County Public Health…United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Colloton, J., joined by Kelly and Stras, JJ.)Missouri (St. Louis County orders; Eighth Circuit)CourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. FED-299Third Amended Order Concerning Face Masks/Coverings in Public Areas of CourthousesIn re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public Emergency - Order Concerning Face Masks/Coverings in Public Areas of Courthouses (Third Amended, July 30…Chief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerUnited States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-052Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Muscogee County)Superior Court of Muscogee County (all active Superior Court Judges of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit)Georgia (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; Muscogee County / Columbus)CourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-052Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 2021), as amended Aug. 2, 2021 (AMENDED_ORDER_DECLARING_JUDICIAL_EMERGENCY_080221.pdf)Local Order Issued Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial CircuitChief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton CountyFulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MN-054Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed July 30, 2021)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial BranchMinnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. GildeaMinnesotaCourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read