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Ex. MET-HOU-052Order of the Harris County Local Administrative Judge Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsOrder Concerning Additional Health and Safety Protocols (face coverings in courthouses)Harris County Local Administrative Judge Robert K. SchafferHarris County, Texas (all courthouses)CourtAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-069In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the TROIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0687 (stay order)Supreme Court of TexasSupreme Court of TexasCourtAug. 15, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-044Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0686 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (Dallas County mask order)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Dallas County temporary restraining order of August 10, 2021Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtAug. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-045Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687 (Tex. Aug. 15, 2021) (City of San Antonio and Bexar County mask order)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Bexar County temporary restraining order of August 10, 2021Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtAug. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-053Amended Order of the Harris County Local Administrative Judge Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsAmended Order Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsHarris County Local Administrative Judge Robert K. SchafferHarris County, Texas (all courthouses)CourtAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-070Order granting Appellees' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Order to Maintain Temporary Injunction in Effect Pending Disposition of Interlocutory Appeal, No. 04-21-00342-CVGreg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and County of Bexar, No. 04-21-00342-CV, Order of August 19, 2021Fourth Court of Appeals (Rios, Watkins, Rodriguez, JJ.)Fourth Court of Appeals, San AntonioCourtAug. 19, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-071In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 orderIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0720 (stay order)Supreme Court of TexasSupreme Court of TexasCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-046Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court of Appeals' Rule 29.3 order of August 19, 2021Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-086Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118Forty-Second Emergency Order (renewing the Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order on the Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-095Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CVFifth Court of Appeals order refusing to stop enforcement of the Dallas and Richardson ISD face-covering rules (Sept. 27, 2021)Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell)Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)CourtSept. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-054Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanHarris County Local Administrative District JudgeHarris County, Texas (all courts)CourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-071Misc. Docket No. 21-9119, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterForty-Third Emergency Order (Oct. 1-Dec. 1, 2021)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-065Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-074Opinion, Greg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and County of Bexar, No. 04-21-00342-CV, 648 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 2021), affirming the temporary injunctionAbbott v. City of San Antonio, No. 04-21-00342-CV, Opinion (Delivered and Filed November 10, 2021)Fourth Court of Appeals (Martinez, C.J.; Chapa and Rios, JJ.)Fourth Court of Appeals, San AntonioCourtNov. 10, 2021OtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-066Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9139 (Eviction Diversion Program after TDHCA closure)Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtNov. 10, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-096Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CV, 665 S.W.3d 675 (Tex. App.--Dallas Nov. 22, 2021) (Nowell, J.), vacated (Tex. June 30, 2023)Fifth Court of Appeals opinion (Nowell, J.) affirming the temporary injunction against GA-38 in favor of Dallas County (Nov. 22, 2021)Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Opinion by Justice Nowell)Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)CourtNov. 22, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-067Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtNov. 23, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-060Abbott v. Harris County, No. 03-21-00429-CV, 641 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. App.-Austin Jan. 6, 2022) (opinion affirming temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third District of TexasTexas (Third Court of Appeals, Austin)CourtJan. 6, 2022Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-097Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 21-1080 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunction)Supreme Court of Texas opinion in Abbott v. Jenkins (June 30, 2023)Supreme Court of Texas (Opinion by Justice Blacklock)Texas (Supreme Court of Texas)CourtJune 30, 2023Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-061Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris CountySupreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)Texas (Supreme Court)CourtJune 30, 2023Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-075Opinion, Greg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and Bexar County, No. 21-1079, vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunctionAbbott v. City of San Antonio and Bexar County, No. 21-1079 (Tex. June 30, 2023)Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)Supreme Court of TexasCourtJune 30, 2023OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-076Opinion, Greg Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023), holding the Disaster Act authorized GA-38's prohibition of local mask requirementsAbbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023)Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.; Lehrmann, J., concurring)Supreme Court of TexasCourtJune 30, 2023OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-086Temporary Standing Orders Regarding DFPS Visitation (COVID-19)District courts' temporary standing orders on DFPS visitation during COVID-19 (Apr. 2020)Denton County District CourtsDenton County, TexasCourt2020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-099COVID-19 Operating Plan, Collin County Court System (2020)Collin County court system COVID-19 operating plan (2020)Collin County Court SystemCollin County, TexasCourt2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source

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