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Ex. KS-061Administrative Order 2020-PR-032Order Amending 2020-PR-016 (continuing restricted court operations under the statewide stay-home order)Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)KansasCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MD-084Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations Due to the COVID-19 Emergency (Apr. 3, 2020)Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations Due to the COVID-19 EmergencyChief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of MarylandMarylandCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-012Third General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 20MS000168Third General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SC-047Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01)Statewide trial-court operations order: jury trials continued; hearings remote or limited to ten personsSupreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WV-071Administrative Order: Judicial Emergency Declared, Amended OrderJudicial emergency extended through May 1, 2020; in-person proceedings and deadlines stayed; jury trials stayed; deadlines and limitations…Supreme Court of Appeals of West VirginiaWest VirginiaCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-002In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 2, Misc. No. 261En banc decision permitting emergency e-mail filing with the Appeals Board and district offices during the stay-at-home orderWorkers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-008Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (second order)Second statewide administrative order, reciting that all 93 counties were under Directed Health Measures and re-imposing the exclusion and…Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme CourtNebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-068California Rules of Court, Appendix I: Emergency Rules Related to COVID-19 (Emergency rules 1-13, adopted April 6, 2020, as amended)Statewide emergency rules: Emergency rule 1 barred issuance of unlawful-detainer summonses and defaults except to protect public health and…Judicial Council of CaliforniaJudicial Council of California (statewide rulemaking body of the California courts)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-050Administrative Order No. 2020-60Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency (Replacing AO 2020-48)Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. CA-040Emergency Rules of Court (adopted April 6, 2020) as recited in the Judicial Council's report of March 3, 2022Judicial Council report: Judicial Branch Administration: Sunset of Emergency Rules (reciting the adoption, amendment and sunset history of…Judicial Council of California (Rules Committee report to the Council)CaliforniaCourtMar. 3, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-063Misc. Docket No. 20-9052, Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterNinth Emergency Order (eviction proceedings suspended to April 30, 2020)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
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. ECO-C-135Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (first extension)First extension of the Statewide Judicial Emergency (to May 13, 2020)Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)GeorgiaCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FL-066Administrative Order No. AOSC20-23 (original)In re: Comprehensive COVID-19 Emergency Measures for the Florida State CourtsChief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of FloridaFlorida (all State courts)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. LA-061Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of April 6, 2020Order continuing jury trials to May 4, 2020 and limiting in-person proceedings to emergency mattersSupreme Court of LouisianaLouisianaCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-002Amended Administrative Order re Courthouse Access under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19, No. M200002In re: Courthouse Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Amended Administrative Order)Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Presiding and Administrative Judge Charles J. Kubicki, Jr.)Hamilton County, OhioCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-003Joint Administrative Order re Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19In re: Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell)Hamilton County, OhioCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-078Coronavirus Closure Order No. 219th JDC closed until 8:00 a.m. May 1, 2020; all dockets cancelled except emergency matters by remote means; East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk…Chief Judge Wilson Fields, for the 19th Judicial District Court19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton RougeCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-019Order of Court of April 6, 2020 extending the March 16, 2020 order that the Sheriff shall not execute writs of possessionEmergency Judicial Order, Administrative Docket (Writs of Possession)Christine A. Ward, J.Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Civil DivisionCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-012Bexar County Civil District Courts COVID-19 Court Operations PlanCOVID-19 Court Operations PlanThe District Courts of Bexar County (Civil District Courts Administration)Bexar County Civil District CourtsCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. RI-082Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-08COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Closure of Noel Judicial Complex and Rhode Island Traffic TribunalRhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)Rhode IslandCourtApr. 5, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-021In re Abbott, No. 20-50264 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020) (published), 954 F.3d 772In re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas, et al. (petition for writ of mandamus; GA-09)United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Duncan, J., joined by Elrod, J.; Dennis, J., dissenting)Texas (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)CourtApr. 7, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. IL-063M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Impact on Trials (order of April 7, 2020, amending the orders of March 20 and April 3, 2020)Impact on Trials: chief judges may continue trials until further order; speedy-trial time excluded and tolledSupreme Court of IllinoisIllinoisCourtApr. 7, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-041Fourth Amended Order (Court Closure), April 7, 2020Civil District Court and First and Second City Court Amended Emergency Order: closure extended to 8:00 a.m. May 4, 2020Chief Judges of the Civil District Court and the First and Second City CourtsCivil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; First and Second City CourtsCourtApr. 7, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MI-016Administrative Order No. 2020-6Order Expanding Authority for Judicial Officers to Conduct Proceedings RemotelyMichigan Supreme CourtMichiganCourtApr. 7, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read