| 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 | |
| Ex. MET-BNA-081 | R.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 Tennessee | Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville metropolitan area; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee)Court | Sept. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TN-067 | R.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 County | United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.) | Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin Special School District)Court | Sept. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-095 | Order 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)Court | Sept. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-PHX-006 | Arizona 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 entirety | Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Katherine Cooper | Arizona (Maricopa County Superior Court; statewide effect)Court | Sept. 27, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCurfew and hoursVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. HI-069 | First 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 Recktenwald | HawaiiCourt | Sept. 29, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-081 | Hickey 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 1002 | Supreme Court of Arkansas | ArkansasCourt | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-054 | Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating Plan | Harris County Local Administrative District Judge | Harris County, Texas (all courts)Court | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SC-042 | Richland 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 funds | Supreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction) | South CarolinaCourt | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-C-071 | Misc. 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 Texas | TexasCourt | Sept. 21, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Telework mandateCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. HI-070 | Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Oct. 1, 2021) | Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald | HawaiiCourt | Oct. 1, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. OR-054 | Chief Justice Order 21-039Order Imposing Vaccination Requirement | Chief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme Court | OregonCourt | Sept. 16, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-065 | Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster | Supreme Court of Texas | TexasCourt | Sept. 21, 2021 | | Courts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-020 | Board Announcement: Connecting during COVID-19Board announcement that the Workers' Compensation Board 'remains closed to the public' with hearings conducted only remotely (Virtual… | New York State Workers' Compensation Board | New York State Workers' Compensation Board (statewide administrative tribunal)Court | Oct. 4, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CMH-053 | Fourteenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 21MS000358Fourteenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency | Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.) | Franklin County, OhioCourt | Oct. 8, 2021 | | Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-008 | Administrative Order No. 2021-02Washington, D.C. Courthouse Access | Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley | United States Tax Court (Washington, D.C. courthouse)Court | Oct. 5, 2021 | | Capacity limitCourts and public officesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-018 | Press release: Court Standards and Protocols to Protect Public Health; summary of D.C. courthouse protocols (Oct. 5, 2021)Press Release: health protocols and courthouse access for in-person proceedings | United States Tax Court | United States Tax CourtCourt | Oct. 5, 2021 | | Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BNA-083 | S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021)Order granting in part the motion to alter or amend: exemptions permitted under Policy C-240; injunction otherwise maintained | Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge | Knox County, Tennessee (E.D. Tenn.)Court | Oct. 12, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TN-068 | S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021)Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate… | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.) | Tennessee (Knox County)Court | Oct. 12, 2021 | | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035 | General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021Autumn 2021 amendment: courtroom distancing reduced from six to three feet; jury assembly areas expanded (Daley Center from Sept. 20, 2021… | Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County | Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt | Oct. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |