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Ex. SD-083COVID-19 Response: orders currently approved (index as captured September 8, 2021)COVID-19 ResponseSouth Dakota Unified Judicial SystemSouth DakotaCourtSept. 8, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-027Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for Any Appointed or Assigned Attorney (Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for Any Appointed or Assigned AttorneyJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (all Divisions)Cuyahoga County, OhioCourtSept. 10, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DC-060Superior 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, 2021Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Chief Judge Anita Josey-HerringDistrict of ColumbiaCourtSept. 1, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-308Standing Order 21-08In re: COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Requirements of Visitors to Court Facilities and of Federal Detainees in the District of New JerseyChief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtSept. 13, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. IA-057Order 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)CourtSept. 13, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AK-061Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8331Special Order 8331, Order Summarizing Current Pandemic-Related Orders (September 15, 2021)Chief Justice Daniel E. WinfreeAlaska (statewide courts)CourtSept. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-022Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic (as archived Sept. 15, 2021)Federal court COVID-19 orders index, Q3 2021 snapshotAdministrative Office of the U.S. CourtsUnited States (all federal courts)CourtSept. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-036Administrative 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 StaffJudges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General DivisionCity of Cleveland, OhioCourtSept. 17, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. UT-053Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (September 17, 2021)Administrative Order for Court Operations During PandemicUtah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial CouncilUtahCourtSept. 17, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-298Amended General Order 21-0006 (Sept. 15, 2021)In re: Amended Plan for the Safe Resumption of Jury Trials and Court OperationsChief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee)United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourtSept. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-086Forty-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 TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. VA-042Twenty-Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 EmergencyTwenty-Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial EmergencySupreme Court of VirginiaVirginiaCourtSept. 20, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-080S.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 JudgeKnox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)CourtOct. 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-081R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021)TRO: Governor Lee enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County; Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School…United States District Court for the Middle District of TennesseeWilliamson County, Tennessee (Nashville metropolitan area; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee)CourtSept. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-059Administrative Governing Board Order No. 25 of 2021In re: Judicial Emergency (Sept. 24, 2021)Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial DistrictFirst Judicial District of PennsylvaniaCourtSept. 24, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-067R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021)Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson CountyUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin Special School District)CourtSept. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-095Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CVFifth Court of Appeals order refusing to stop enforcement of the Dallas and Richardson ISD face-covering rules (Sept. 27, 2021)Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell)Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)CourtSept. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHX-006Arizona School Boards Association, Inc. v. State of Arizona, No. CV2021-012741, Ruling re: Declaratory JudgmentRuling declaring void sections 12, 21 and 50 of HB 2898, sections 12 and 13 of SB 1824, section 2 of SB 1825 and SB 1819 in its entiretySuperior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Katherine CooperArizona (Maricopa County Superior Court; statewide effect)CourtSept. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCurfew and hoursVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. HI-069First Extension of Order Postponing Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152First Extension postponing all jury trials to dates after November 16, 2021 (Sept. 29, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtSept. 29, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-081Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421, Formal Order (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021)Order denying the legislative leaders' motion for immediate stay of the preliminary injunction against Act 1002Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-054Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanHarris County Local Administrative District JudgeHarris County, Texas (all courts)CourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-042Richland County School District Two v. Lucas, Op. No. 28063, 862 S.E.2d 920 (S.C. 2021)Provisos 1.108 and 1.103 held constitutional; proviso bars funded mask mandates but not mandates funded solely from federal or local fundsSupreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)South CarolinaCourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-071Misc. Docket No. 21-9119, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterForty-Third Emergency Order (Oct. 1-Dec. 1, 2021)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-070Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Oct. 1, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtOct. 1, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. OR-054Chief Justice Order 21-039Order Imposing Vaccination RequirementChief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme CourtOregonCourtSept. 16, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read