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Ex. RI-085Supreme Court Executive Order 2021-06COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Wearing of Face CoveringsRhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)Rhode IslandCourtAug. 13, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-069In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the TROIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0687 (stay order)Supreme Court of TexasSupreme Court of TexasCourtAug. 15, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-044Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0686 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (Dallas County mask order)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Dallas County temporary restraining order of August 10, 2021Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtAug. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-045Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (City of San Antonio and Bexar County mask order)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Bexar County temporary restraining order of August 10, 2021Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtAug. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-041Release: Delaware Courts to restore mask mandate on Monday, August 16, 2021 to combat the COVID-19 Delta variant; Chief Justice also orders mandatory weekly COVID testing for all unvaccinated court employeesRelease announcing universal masking in all State court facilities from Aug. 16, 2021 and weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial employees…Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz ('as administrative head of all state courts')Delaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062Administrative Order of August 11, 2021 (universal masking in judicial facilities; weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial officers and employees)Q3 2021 Delta-wave order: face masks for all persons entering any judicial facility regardless of vaccination status from Aug. 16, 2021…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. HI-068Order Postponing Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing all jury trials statewide to dates after October 4, 2021 (Aug. 16, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtAug. 16, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-040Creswick v. University of South Carolina, Op. No. 28053Declaratory judgment that Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate at a public institution of higher learningSupreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)South CarolinaCourtAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-053Amended Order of the Harris County Local Administrative Judge Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsAmended Order Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsHarris County Local Administrative Judge Robert K. SchafferHarris County, Texas (all courthouses)CourtAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WA-095Supreme Court Order No. 25700-B-669In the Matter of COVID-19 Vaccinations (judicial branch employees)Supreme Court of WashingtonWashingtonCourtAug. 18, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-070Order granting Appellees' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Order to Maintain Temporary Injunction in Effect Pending Disposition of Interlocutory Appeal, No. 04-21-00342-CVGreg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and County of Bexar, No. 04-21-00342-CV, Order of August 19, 2021Fourth Court of Appeals (Rios, Watkins, Rodriguez, JJ.)Fourth Court of Appeals, San AntonioCourtAug. 19, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MD-092Administrative Order on COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Judiciary Personnel in Courthouses and Judicial Branch Facilities (Aug. 20, 2021)Administrative Order on COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Judiciary Personnel in Courthouses and Judicial Branch FacilitiesChief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of MarylandMarylandCourtAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-093Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 20, 2021)Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers MediaSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourtAug. 20, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KY-055Cameron v. Beshear, No. 2021-SC-0107-I (Ky. Aug. 21, 2021)Opinion affirming in part, reversing in part and remanding with instructions to dissolve the Franklin Circuit Court's temporary injunction…Supreme Court of Kentucky (VanMeter, J., for the Court)KentuckyCourtAug. 21, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. AL-064Administrative Order No. 13: Declaring a Temporary State of Emergency and Authorizing the Use of Audio/Video Technologies in Place of In-Person ProceedingsSecond judicial state of emergency (Delta wave); rules impeding audio-video proceedings superseded from August 23 to November 29, 2021Supreme Court of AlabamaAlabamaCourtAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-047Administrative Order No. 2020-06-12Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (temporary modification limiting public access to court facilities; face masks…Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)CourtAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NM-066Supreme Court Order No. 21-8500-021 with Amended Emergency Court ProtocolsIn the Matter of the Amendment of the New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols (reinstating face mask requirements; regular…Supreme Court of New Mexico (M. Vigil, C.J.)New MexicoCourtAug. 16, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-KC-082Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District Court, judgment July 2021) and the Kansas Supreme Court's stay order of Aug. 24, 2021Judgment holding SB 40's expedited-review provisions unconstitutional; stay pending appeal restoring SB 40Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)Kansas (Johnson County District Court; Kansas Supreme Court)CourtAug. 24, 20212021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAT-071In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 orderIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0720 (stay order)Supreme Court of TexasSupreme Court of TexasCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-13-018Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services, 594 U.S. 758 (2021) (per curiam)On Application to Vacate StaySupreme Court of the United StatesUnited StatesCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-14-006Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 21A23, 594 U.S. ___ (per curiam)On application to vacate staySupreme Court of the United StatesUnited StatesCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. TN-051In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting BusinessOrder Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting BusinessTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. TX-046Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court of Appeals' Rule 29.3 order of August 19, 2021Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-007Administrative Order No. 2021-01Policies for Remote (Virtual) ProceedingsChief Judge Maurice B. FoleyUnited States Tax CourtCourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-013Press release: Fall 2021 trial sessions to be conducted remotely; AO 2021-01 (Aug. 27, 2021)Press Release: Fall 2021 trial sessions remote; in-person proceedings expected Winter 2022 TermUnited States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read

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