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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. OR-018	Chief Justice Order 20-016Order Imposing 'Level 2' and 'Level 3' Restrictions on Court Operations	Chief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme Court	OregonCourt	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-089	Order on the cessation of the general statewide judicial emergency after June 1, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (cessation as of June 1, 2020)	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	May 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-084	In 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 Court	TennesseeCourt	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-051	Tenth 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)	VermontCourt	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041	Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020)Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas	Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	June 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-058	Order, Unlawful Detainer, Proceedings on Outstanding Writs of Possession, June 3, 2020 (amending the Mar. 19, 2020 closure order)Order: Unlawful Detainer - Proceedings on Outstanding Writs of Possession	Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento	Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourt	June 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CHI-059	Chancery Division General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (Amended June 4, 2020)COVID-19 Measures Transition Plan	Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Chancery DivisionCourt	June 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DET-042	Administrative Order 2020-04Plan to Return to Full Capacity - Phase One (gating criteria satisfied as of June 4, 2020)	6th Judicial Circuit Court, Oakland County (chief judge; SCAO approval)	Oakland County, Michigan (Sixth Judicial Circuit)Court	June 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-097	Notice to the Bar, Virtual Grand Jury Pilot Program - Consent Not Required to Proceed (with Supreme Court Order of June 4, 2020)Virtual (video) grand jury pilot (authorized May 14, 2020) expanded: defendant consent no longer required	Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts (transmitting the Supreme Court's June 4, 2020 Order)	New JerseyCourt	June 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. LA-063	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020Order: in-person court capacity 50%; evictions remain suspended by executive action	Supreme Court of Louisiana	LouisianaCourt	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MD-085	Administrative Order on the Progressive Resumption of Full Function of Judiciary Operations Previously Restricted Due to the COVID-19 Emergency (May 22, 2020; amended June 3 and Oct. 2, 2020)Administrative Order on the Progressive Resumption of Full Function of Judiciary Operations Previously Restricted Due to the COVID-19…	Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland	MarylandCourt	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-KC-056	Administrative Order 2020-096Continued Cancellation of Jury Trials Resulting from Impact of COVID-19 (through July 31, 2020)	Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit	16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri (Jackson County)Court	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-060	General Order 2020-GEN-016-00, Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re Facial Coverings and Social Distancing (June 5, 2020)Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re Facial Coverings and Social Distancing (2020-GEN-016-00)	Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile	Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesCourt	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-068	Order 2020-007 (COVID-19 Phase II)24th JDC Phase II: courthouse open June 5, 2020 with courtrooms limited to 12 persons; civil matters by Zoom; jury trials to recommence July…	Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach	24th Judicial District Court, Parish of JeffersonCourt	June 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. WI-030	Order, In re the Matter of Emergency Procedures Related to the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act's Temporary Moratorium on Eviction FilingsOrder denying Legal Action of Wisconsin's emergency request for a temporary pleading requirement in eviction actions; concurrence recording…	Wisconsin Supreme Court	WisconsinCourt	June 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-031	Administrative Order No. 2020-006: Order Extending Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations Due to COVID-19 PandemicIn re: Order Extending Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division	City of Cleveland, OhioCourt	June 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048	Administrative Order No. 7 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 8, 2020; adoption of the four-phase Courts Reopening Plan)Third 30-day extension; Phase 1 reopening from June 8, 2020 and Phase 2 from June 15, 2020: courthouses open to the public with face…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-336	General Order 77Provisional Modifications to the Jury Plan (COVID-19)	Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton	United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourt	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MI-034	Administrative Order No. 2020-17Continuation of Alternative Procedures for Landlord/Tenant Cases	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. CT-073	Notice Regarding Amendment to Executive Order No. 7G (removal of the suspension of Supreme and Appellate Court filings)Notice Regarding Amendment to Executive Order No. 7G	Connecticut Judicial Branch (Chief Justice; Office of the Appellate Clerk)	ConnecticutCourt	June 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AR-023	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020)Per curiam setting a fifty-person courtroom cap with masks and temperature checks and ending the jury-trial suspension June 30, 2020	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-043	Administrative Order 2020-05Plan to Return to Full Capacity - Phase Two (gating criteria satisfied as of June 11, 2020)	6th Judicial Circuit Court, Oakland County (chief judge; SCAO approval)	Oakland County, Michigan (Sixth Judicial Circuit)Court	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-020	Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks)In re: Clarification and Modification of the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan Entered on May 28, 2020	Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-020	Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings	Chief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court)	Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit: Superior, State and Magistrate Courts)Court	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-041	Protocol Order During COVID-19 Public Health CrisisCourt operations during the Return to Full Capacity phases: remote hearings whenever possible; in-person hearings limited; entrance…	Sixth Judicial Circuit Court	Oakland County, Michigan (Sixth Judicial Circuit)Court	June 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Chief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme Court, Chief Justice Order 20-016 (May 15, 2020) (Ex. OR-018)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order on the cessation of the general statewide judicial emergency after June 1, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (May 27, 2020) (Ex. PA-089)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order of May 26, 2020 (judicial-district reopening plans; continued suspension of jury trials) (Ex. TN-084)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Tenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-051)
Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices), Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020) (June 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, Order, Unlawful Detainer, Proceedings on Outstanding Writs of Possession, June 3, 2020 (amending the Mar. 19, 2020 closure order) (Ex. MET-SAC-058)
Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (Amended June 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-CHI-059)
6th Judicial Circuit Court, Oakland County (chief judge; SCAO approval), Administrative Order 2020-04 (June 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-042)
Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts (transmitting the Supreme Court's June 4, 2020 Order), Notice to the Bar, Virtual Grand Jury Pilot Program - Consent Not Required to Proceed (with Supreme Court Order of June 4, 2020) (June 8, 2020) (Ex. NJ-097)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020 (Ex. LA-063)
Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Administrative Order on the Progressive Resumption of Full Function of Judiciary Operations Previously Restricted Due to the COVID-19 Emergency (May 22, 2020; amended June 3 and Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MD-085)
Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-096 (June 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-056)
Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile, General Order 2020-GEN-016-00, Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re Facial Coverings and Social Distancing (June 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-060)
Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach, Order 2020-007 (COVID-19 Phase II) (June 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSY-068)
Wisconsin Supreme Court, Order, In re the Matter of Emergency Procedures Related to the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act's Temporary Moratorium on Eviction Filings (June 5, 2020) (Ex. WI-030)
Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division, Administrative Order No. 2020-006: Order Extending Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (June 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-031)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 7 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 8, 2020; adoption of the four-phase Courts Reopening Plan) (June 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048)
Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 77 (June 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-336)
Michigan Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-17 (June 9, 2020) (Ex. MI-034)
Connecticut Judicial Branch (Chief Justice; Office of the Appellate Clerk), Notice Regarding Amendment to Executive Order No. 7G (removal of the suspension of Supreme and Appellate Court filings) (June 10, 2020) (Ex. CT-073)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-023)
6th Judicial Circuit Court, Oakland County (chief judge; SCAO approval), Administrative Order 2020-05 (June 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-043)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks) (Ex. MET-PIT-020)
Chief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court), Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020 (Ex. MET-ATL-020)
Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Protocol Order During COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (June 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-041)

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