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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-PIT-037	Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (August 26, 2021): extension of the judicial emergency through October 1, 2021In re: Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (Aug. 26, 2021)	Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020)	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AK-060	Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8322Special Order 8322, Update regarding COVID-19 and Civil Jury Trials (all in-person civil jury trials suspended until November 1, 2021)	Chief Justice Daniel E. Winfree	Alaska (statewide courts)Court	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-026	Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All Staff (Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All Staff	Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (General Division; joined by the Probate Division)	Cuyahoga County, OhioCourt	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. DC-061	Court of Appeals Court Operations Order (August 31, 2021)Order addressing court operations through December 31, 2021	District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief Judge	District of ColumbiaCourt	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-040	Order of Court of August 31, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-128): Advanced Communication Technology and Rule 600 suspension through October 1, 2021In re: Resumption of Normal Court Operations, No. AD-21-128-PJ	Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VT-060	Administrative Directive No. PG-13, Health Screening and Safety Protocols for All Vermont Courthouses and Judiciary Facilities During the Judicial Emergency (amended March 8, July 1, July 6 and September 1, 2021)Courthouse health screening, universal visitor masking, distancing, denial of entry, employee protocols	State Court Administrator	VermontCourt	Sept. 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. VT-061	Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated September 1, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to November 1, 2021; limited-entry courthouses with remote-only hearings	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Sept. 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-041	Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021)Proviso 1.108 upheld; Columbia Ordinances 2021-068 and 2021-069 declared void insofar as they mandate masks in K-12 public schools	Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)	South CarolinaCourt	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. FED-307	Updated Amended Standing Order 21-04In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Updated Amended, Sept. 3, 2021)	Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson	United States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourt	Sept. 3, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-084	G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62)Fee order reciting the Shelby County school-mask injunction history (TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary injunction September 17, 2021…	Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge	Shelby County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)Court	Nov. 7, 2023	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-086	G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order)Temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Shelby County	United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.)	Tennessee (Shelby County)Court	Sept. 3, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-136	General Order 21-15COVID-19 health and safety protocols for court employees, externs and on-site contractors in response to the Delta variant (differential…	U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona	United States (D. Ariz.)Court	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SD-083	COVID-19 Response: orders currently approved (index as captured September 8, 2021)COVID-19 Response	South Dakota Unified Judicial System	South DakotaCourt	Sept. 8, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-027	Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for Any Appointed or Assigned Attorney (Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for Any Appointed or Assigned Attorney	Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (all Divisions)	Cuyahoga County, OhioCourt	Sept. 10, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public officesVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. DC-060	Superior Court Order by Chief Judge Josey-Herring (Amended 9/11/21; posted Sept. 1, 2021)Order re operations through December 31, 2021; deadlines tolled until at least November 21, 2021	Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring	District of ColumbiaCourt	Sept. 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-308	Standing Order 21-08In re: COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Requirements of Visitors to Court Facilities and of Federal Detainees in the District of New Jersey	Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson	United States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourt	Sept. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public officesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. IA-057	Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32Temporary restraining order enjoining the Governor and the Director of the Department of Education from enforcing Iowa Code § 280.31 (the…	United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.)	Iowa (federal district court order binding the State and its school districts)Court	Sept. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AK-061	Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8331Special Order 8331, Order Summarizing Current Pandemic-Related Orders (September 15, 2021)	Chief Justice Daniel E. Winfree	Alaska (statewide courts)Court	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-022	Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic (as archived Sept. 15, 2021)Federal court COVID-19 orders index, Q3 2021 snapshot	Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts	United States (all federal courts)Court	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-036	Administrative Order No. 2021-05: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All Staff (General Administrative Judge Order 2021-GAO-000034)In re: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All Staff	Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division	City of Cleveland, OhioCourt	Sept. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. UT-053	Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (September 17, 2021)Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic	Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council	UtahCourt	Sept. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-298	Amended General Order 21-0006 (Sept. 15, 2021)In re: Amended Plan for the Safe Resumption of Jury Trials and Court Operations	Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee)	United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-086	Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118Forty-Second Emergency Order (renewing the Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order on the Texas Eviction Diversion Program)	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VA-042	Twenty-Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 EmergencyTwenty-Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency	Supreme Court of Virginia	VirginiaCourt	Sept. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-080	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect; Governor Lee enjoined from…	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)Court	Oct. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read

Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020), Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (August 26, 2021): extension of the judicial emergency through October 1, 2021 (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-037)
Chief Justice Daniel E. Winfree, Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8322 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. AK-060)
Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (General Division; joined by the Probate Division), Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All Staff (Journal Entry) (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLE-026)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals Court Operations Order (August 31, 2021) (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. DC-061)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 31, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-128): Advanced Communication Technology and Rule 600 suspension through October 1, 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-040)
State Court Administrator, Administrative Directive No. PG-13, Health Screening and Safety Protocols for All Vermont Courthouses and Judiciary Facilities During the Judicial Emergency (amended March 8, July 1, July 6 and September 1, 2021) (Sept. 1, 2021) (Ex. VT-060)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated September 1, 2021) (Sept. 1, 2021) (Ex. VT-061)
Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction), Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021) (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. SC-041)
Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Updated Amended Standing Order 21-04 (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. FED-307)
Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge, G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62) (Ex. MET-BNA-084)
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.), G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order) (Ex. TN-086)
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, General Order 21-15 (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-136)
South Dakota Unified Judicial System, COVID-19 Response: orders currently approved (index as captured September 8, 2021) (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. SD-083)
Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (all Divisions), Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for Any Appointed or Assigned Attorney (Journal Entry) (Sept. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLE-027)
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring, Superior Court Order by Chief Judge Josey-Herring (Amended 9/11/21; posted Sept. 1, 2021) (Ex. DC-060)
Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson, Standing Order 21-08 (Sept. 13, 2021) (Ex. FED-308)
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.), Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32 (Ex. IA-057)
Chief Justice Daniel E. Winfree, Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8331 (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. AK-061)
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic (as archived Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-022)
Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division, Administrative Order No. 2021-05: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All Staff (General Administrative Judge Order 2021-GAO-000034) (Sept. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLE-036)
Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council, Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (September 17, 2021) (Sept. 17, 2021) (Ex. UT-053)
Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee), Amended General Order 21-0006 (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. FED-298)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118 (Sept. 21, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-086)
Supreme Court of Virginia, Twenty-Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 Emergency (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. VA-042)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-080)

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