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Ex. FED-290Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public)Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further noticeSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Supreme Court of the United StatesCourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DET-049Announcements extending the 36th District Court eviction moratorium (Apr. 9, May 7, May 23, June 26 and July 16, 2020)36th District Court Announces Extension of Eviction Moratorium (July 16, 2020) and the preceding extensions36th District Court (Detroit)City of Detroit, Michigan (36th District Court)CourtJuly 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-062Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-058General Order 20-10 (and General Order 20-20, court operations pursuant to GO 20-12)Court operations in the District of Arizona in response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)U.S. District Court for the District of ArizonaUnited States (D. Ariz.)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-14-071Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 EmergencyOrder Declaring a Judicial EmergencySupreme Court of VirginiaVirginiaCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-049Administrative Order No. 49Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court ProceduresVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator)VermontCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAN-044Judicial Council 'Court Emergency Orders' listing, San Diego entries: fifteen signed emergency and supplemental emergency orders dated 3/17, 3/18, 4/2, 4/3, 4/29, 6/4, 6/10, 6/17, 6/30, 7/14, 7/21, 8/7, 8/11, 9/4 and 9/8/2020Court Emergency Orders (newsroom.courts.ca.gov), San Diego rowJudicial Council of California (newsroom listing of Court Emergency Orders, as captured Sept. 15, 2020)Superior Court of California, County of San Diego (orders of the Chief Justice of California as Chair of the Judicial Council, on the Presiding Judge's requests)CourtSept. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAN-045Emergency Order for the Superior Court of San Diego County (Mar. 17, 2020) and Supplemental Emergency Orders #2-#15 (Mar. 18-Sept. 8, 2020)Emergency Order (San Diego) and Supplemental Emergency OrdersChief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, as Chair of the Judicial Council, on the request of Presiding Judge Lorna A. AlksneSuperior Court of California, County of San DiegoCourtMar. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-044Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0012-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Labor Code and DWC Rules Related to Workers' CompensationBulletin announcing the Governor's suspension of specified Labor Code provisions and DWC rules (deadlines and in-person requirements) for…Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' CompensationTexas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)CourtMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-050Index of Presiding Judge Orders on court operations during COVID-19: Mar. 27, 2020 (parenting time); Apr. 10, 2020 (civil trials; criminal proceedings; family, juvenile and probate proceedings during the pandemic); Apr. 21, 2020 (supplemental family, juvenile, probate); June 2, 2020 (protective face coverings in court facilities); June 15, 2020 (civil, criminal, juvenile, family and probate proceedings under Level 2 restrictions); probate letters of Apr. 22 and June 16, 2020Court Operations During Covid-19: Judicial Orders and Information (Multnomah County Circuit Court)Presiding Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Chief Probate JudgeMultnomah County Circuit Court (Fourth Judicial District), OregonCourtJuly 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MO-063Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings)Extension of the statewide suspension; phased operational directives with gateway criteria, distancing and masksSupreme Court of MissouriMissouri (all State courts)CourtApr. 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-075California Rules of Court, Appendix I, Emergency Rules 1 (unlawful detainer) and 2 (judicial foreclosures)Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19: suspension of unlawful detainer and foreclosure proceedingsJudicial Council of CaliforniaCaliforniaCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-019Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic (uscourts.gov index)Index of federal court COVID-19 general orders (rendered Sept. 26, 2026)Administrative Office of the U.S. CourtsUnited States (all federal courts)CourtApr. 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CO-099Updated Orders Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts of Apr. 16, May 5, June 15 and July 24, 2020Updated Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State CourtsChief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of ColoradoColoradoCourtApr. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-050Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020)Masks required in Judiciary buildings; remote hearings expanded; parent-child contact emergenciesVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtApr. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MN-059Order Governing Public Access and Services at Judicial Branch Facilities, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed May 28, 2020)Order Governing Public Access and Services at Judicial Branch FacilitiesMinnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. GildeaMinnesotaCourtMay 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-084In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order of May 26, 2020 (judicial-district reopening plans; continued suspension of jury trials)Order of May 26, 2020 (district plans governing in-person proceedings)Tennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtMay 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-051Tenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 13, 2020)Judicial emergency extended to September 1, 2020; nonemergency hearings resume June 1; jury trials suspended (criminal to Sept. 1, 2020…Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtMay 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CHI-059Chancery Division General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (Amended June 4, 2020)COVID-19 Measures Transition PlanPresiding Judge, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Chancery DivisionCourtJune 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-073Administrative Order, 'Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020' (June 26, 2020)Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020Chief Judge Sharon Prost (Federal Circuit) and Chief Judge Margaret M. Sweeney (Court of Federal Claims)United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States Court of Federal Claims (National Courts Building)CourtJune 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-085In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order of July 9, 2020 (mandatory facial coverings in courthouses)Order of July 9, 2020 requiring facial coverings in courthouses and courtroomsTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtJuly 9, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-063Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyReimposition of litigant deadlines effective July 14, 2020, excepting jury and grand jury deadlinesChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-052Fourteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated August 20, 2020)Judicial emergency extended to January 1, 2021; CARES Act eviction certification (Appendix A)Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtAug. 20, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-064Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of Orange, September 11, 2020Supplemental emergency order extending time under Gov. Code § 68115 for the Orange County Superior Court (September-October 2020)Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial CouncilJudicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of OrangeCourtSept. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-090Opinion, County of Butler v. Wolf, No. 2:20-cv-00677-WSS, Doc. 79 (W.D. Pa. Sept. 14, 2020) (declaring the gathering limits, stay-at-home and business-closure components of the Governor's orders unconstitutional)County of Butler v. Wolf - Opinion (Document 79, 66 pages)United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Stickman, J.)Pennsylvania (federal district court, W.D. Pa.)CourtSept. 14, 20202020 Q32020 Q4OtherConfirmed from a secondary source