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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. FED-290	Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public)Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice	Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-049	Administrative Order No. 49Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court Procedures	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator)	VermontCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-019	Court 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. Courts	United States (all federal courts)Court	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-050	Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020)Masks required in Judiciary buildings; remote hearings expanded; parent-child contact emergencies	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036	General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachmentsEstablishment of the Early Resolution Program for residential eviction and consumer-debt cases (free legal aid and mediation before cases…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-075	Sixth Order Extending the Thirty-Second Judicial District's Past Declared EmergencySixth Order Extending the Thirty-Second Judicial District's Past Declared Emergency	President Judge Kevin F. Kelly	Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, 32nd Judicial District)Court	Jan. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062	July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person planJuly 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information (map, announcements and table)	National Conference of Bar Examiners	All U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory of supreme court and board orders for the July 2021 bar examinationCourt	May 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013	Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021)Standing order resuming foreclosure mediations, virtually, effective March 1, 2021	Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division	Connecticut Superior Court (Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division) (statewide)Court	Feb. 25, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DCM-043	First and Second Amendments to the Mandatory Face Covering Order (June 10, 2021 and July 6, 2021)Amended Mandatory Face Covering Orders of June 10, 2021 and July 6, 2021 (face coverings for persons not fully vaccinated; masks in…	Circuit Court of Fairfax County	Fairfax County, VirginiaCourt	June 10, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-057	Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated June 25, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to September 7, 2021; Court Administrator authority over screening, masks and distancing in Judiciary buildings	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	June 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-092	State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page et al., No. 21SL-CC03334 (petition filed July 26, 2021) (secondary-source record)Legal cover: Schmitt takes novel approach in mask mandate challenge (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 16, 2021)	Attorney General Eric Schmitt (petition), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media	St. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourt	July 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-052	Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 2021), as amended Aug. 2, 2021 (AMENDED_ORDER_DECLARING_JUDICIAL_EMERGENCY_080221.pdf)Local Order Issued Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit	Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton County	Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit)Court	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-081	State ex rel. Schmitt v. City of Kansas City (filed Aug. 3, 2021) and State ex rel. Schmitt v. Jackson County (filed Aug. 19, 2021)Attorney General's suits to enjoin the Kansas City and Jackson County mask orders	Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (plaintiff); Kansas City, Missouri and Jackson County (Frank White, Jr.) (defendants)	Jackson County Circuit Court, Missouri (16th Judicial Circuit)Court	Aug. 3, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-091	Temporary restraining order of Aug. 3, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)St. Louis mask mandate temporarily on hold; Kansas City sued (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 4, 2021)	Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (temporary restraining order), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media	St. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourt	Aug. 3, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-063	Sacramento Superior Court 'Coronavirus (COVID-19)' page, General Orders & Notices list, as captured Aug. 6, 2021Sacramento Superior Court - Coronavirus (COVID-19) - General Orders & Notices	Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento	Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourt	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-13-019	Chrysafis v. Marks, 594 U.S. ___ (Aug. 12, 2021) (order granting injunction pending appeal as to Part A of the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act)On Application for Injunctive Relief	Supreme Court of the United States	United States (New York)Court	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-093	Preliminary 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 Media	St. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourt	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-082	Butler 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 40	Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)	Kansas (Johnson County District Court; Kansas Supreme Court)Court	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. 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. 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-PHL-059	Administrative Governing Board Order No. 25 of 2021In re: Judicial Emergency (Sept. 24, 2021)	Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District	First Judicial District of PennsylvaniaCourt	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-04-066	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 emergency rule)	Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description)	Maine (rule); United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (opinion)Court	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079	Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court		2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. FED-290)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator), Administrative Order No. 49 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. VT-049)
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic (uscourts.gov index) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-019)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. VT-050)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachments (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036)
President Judge Kevin F. Kelly, Sixth Order Extending the Thirty-Second Judicial District's Past Declared Emergency (Jan. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-075)
National Conference of Bar Examiners, July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person plan (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062)
Superior Court, Chief Administrative Judge, Civil Division, Standing Order re Resumption of the Foreclosure Mediation Program (virtual mediations from March 1, 2021) (Feb. 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-013)
Circuit Court of Fairfax County, First and Second Amendments to the Mandatory Face Covering Order (June 10, 2021 and July 6, 2021) (Ex. MET-DCM-043)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated June 25, 2021) (Ex. VT-057)
Attorney General Eric Schmitt (petition), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media, State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page et al., No. 21SL-CC03334 (petition filed July 26, 2021) (secondary-source record) (Ex. MET-STL-092)
Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton County, Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 2021), as amended Aug. 2, 2021 (AMENDED_ORDER_DECLARING_JUDICIAL_EMERGENCY_080221.pdf) (July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-ATL-052)
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (plaintiff); Kansas City, Missouri and Jackson County (Frank White, Jr.) (defendants), State ex rel. Schmitt v. City of Kansas City (filed Aug. 3, 2021) and State ex rel. Schmitt v. Jackson County (filed Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-081)
Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (temporary restraining order), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media, Temporary restraining order of Aug. 3, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record) (Ex. MET-STL-091)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, Sacramento Superior Court 'Coronavirus (COVID-19)' page, General Orders & Notices list, as captured Aug. 6, 2021 (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAC-063)
Supreme Court of the United States, Chrysafis v. Marks, 594 U.S. ___ (Aug. 12, 2021) (order granting injunction pending appeal as to Part A of the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act) (Ex. SEC-13-019)
Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media, Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record) (Ex. MET-STL-093)
Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert), Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District Court, judgment July 2021) and the Kansas Supreme Court's stay order of Aug. 24, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-082)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated September 1, 2021) (Sept. 1, 2021) (Ex. VT-061)
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)
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Court Orders and Updates During COVID-19 Pandemic (as archived Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-022)
Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 25 of 2021 (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-059)
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description), 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-04-066)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079)

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