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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. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070	Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020)Restricting Public Access to the National Courts Building	Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, Washington, D.C.; shared with the Court of Federal Claims)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-279	Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access)Order restricting access to the James R. Browning, William K. Nakamura, Pioneer and Richard H. Chambers United States Courthouses	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer)	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Pasadena courthouses)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-037	General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency MeasuresAll matters in all Districts and Divisions rescheduled and continued 30 days; judges and employees to work remotely; Sheriff to cease…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-077	Supreme Judicial Court Order in re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic (March 17, 2020) (OE-144)Statewide order closing Massachusetts courthouses to the public except for emergency matters that cannot be resolved remotely, continuing…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-044	Order, Temporary Court Closure, Court-Declared Holiday March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020Order: Temporary Court Closure; Court-Declared Holiday - March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020	Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)	Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourt	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-075	Administrative Order AO/78/20No papers accepted for filing by any county clerk or court in any matter not on the list of essential matters (criminal arraignments and…	Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks	New York State Unified Court System (statewide, including the New York City courts)Court	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024	Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All CourtsAll courthouses and administrative offices closed to the public from March 23 to April 15, 2020; essential matters only, remotely where…	Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.)	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-284	Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042In re: Coronavirus Public Emergency - Activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (courthouses closed)	Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips	United States District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Riverside)Court	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-310	Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02In re: Restrictions on Visitors to Courthouses	Chief Judge James K. Bredar	United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore, Greenbelt)Court	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-017	Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020)In re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan, Administrative Docket, Order of Court	Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-017	Amended Standing Order No. 4 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresCivil jury trials suspended through May 29, 2020; non-essential civil and criminal matters postponed; essential matters by video and…	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-045	Order, Court Closure Extension, April 1, 2020 to April 16, 2020 (dated Mar. 30, 2020)Order: Court Closure Extension - April 1, 2020 to April 16, 2020	Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)	Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourt	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. RI-081	Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-07COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Closure of Newport and Washington County Courthouses	Rhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)	Rhode IslandCourt	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. RI-082	Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-08COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Closure of Noel Judicial Complex and Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal	Rhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)	Rhode IslandCourt	Apr. 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-070	Administrative Order AO/85/20Effective April 13, 2020: trial courts to address pending cases only through remote or virtual operations (conferencing, deciding fully…	Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, at the direction of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore	New York State Unified Court System (Office of Court Administration; statewide, including the New York City courts)Court	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-025	Release: Judicial Emergency and closure of all Delaware Court facilities to the public extended to May 14, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 4)Release announcing the first 30-day extension of the judicial emergency and of the closure of all court facilities to the public, to May 14…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-318	General Order 72-2In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-2)	Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton	United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourt	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-029	Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, No. 2020AP765-OAOpinion holding Emergency Order 28 unlawful and unenforceable	Supreme Court of Wisconsin	WisconsinCourt	May 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-026	Release: Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr. extends Judicial Emergency to June 13, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 6)Release announcing the second 30-day extension; court facilities to remain closed to the public at least through June 13, 2020; Court…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	May 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FED-334	General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020)Continuing Temporary Restrictions on Courthouse Access (Amended May 21, 2020)	Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton	United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourt	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-031	Elkhorn Baptist Church v. Brown, 366 Or. 506, S067736Opinion directing peremptory writ vacating the Baker County Circuit Court's preliminary injunction	Supreme Court of Oregon	OregonCourt	June 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-073	Administrative 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, 2020	Chief 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)Court	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. LA-075	4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards, No. 20-2150, Order and Reasons (E.D. La. Aug. 17, 2020) (Doc. 50)Order and Reasons denying bar owners' motion to enjoin enforcement of Proclamations 89 and 96 JBE 2020 (on-site consumption ban at bars)	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Feldman, J.)	Louisiana (E.D. La.)Court	Aug. 17, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. FED-333	General Order 72-6In re: COVID Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-6)	Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton	United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourt	Sept. 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read

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)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer), Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-279)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency Measures (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-037)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Order in re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic (March 17, 2020) (OE-144) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-077)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom), Order, Temporary Court Closure, Court-Declared Holiday March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAC-044)
Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, Administrative Order AO/78/20 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-075)
Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.), Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All Courts (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024)
Chief Judge Virginia A. Phillips, Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. FED-284)
Chief Judge James K. Bredar, Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FED-310)
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-017)
Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden), Amended Standing Order No. 4 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary Measures (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-017)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom), Order, Court Closure Extension, April 1, 2020 to April 16, 2020 (dated Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAC-045)
Rhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell), Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. RI-081)
Rhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell), Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-08 (Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. RI-082)
Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, at the direction of Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, Administrative Order AO/85/20 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-070)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Judicial Emergency and closure of all Delaware Court facilities to the public extended to May 14, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 4) (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-025)
Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-2 (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-318)
Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, No. 2020AP765-OA (May 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-029)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr. extends Judicial Emergency to June 13, 2020 (Administrative Order No. 6) (May 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-026)
Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 73 (Amended May 21, 2020) (Ex. FED-334)
Supreme Court of Oregon, Elkhorn Baptist Church v. Brown, 366 Or. 506, S067736 (June 12, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-031)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost (Federal Circuit) and Chief Judge Margaret M. Sweeney (Court of Federal Claims), Administrative Order, 'Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Until August 14, 2020' (June 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-073)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Feldman, J.), 4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards, No. 20-2150, Order and Reasons (E.D. La. Aug. 17, 2020) (Doc. 50) (Ex. LA-075)
Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-333)

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