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Ex. DUT-MN-017State of Minnesota v. Alibi Drinkery, LLC, No. 19HA-CV-20-4167, Temporary Injunction with incorporated memorandum (filed Dec. 31, 2020)Temporary Injunction: State's request granted; Defendant's request to dissolve the temporary restraining order denied; Executive Order 20-99…Minnesota District Court, First Judicial District, Dakota County (Hon. Jerome B. Abrams)Minnesota (Dakota County, First Judicial District)CourtDec. 31, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitPrimary source read
Ex. LA-064Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of January 11, 2021Order: no jury trials before March 1, 2021; courthouses at 50%; remote proceedings encouragedSupreme Court of LouisianaLouisianaCourtJan. 11, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-014Big Tyme Investments, L.L.C. v. Edwards, No. 20-30526 c/w No. 20-30537 (5th Cir. Jan. 13, 2021)Opinion affirming the district courts' refusal of preliminary injunctions against the Governor's bar-closure proclamations (89 JBE 2020 and…United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (published opinion)Louisiana (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on appeal from the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana)CourtJan. 13, 20212021 Q1Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-020State v. Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. (Rutland Super. Ct., Civ. Div.): settlement filed January 15, 2021 (agreement to comply with the Governor's executive order; $1,000 payment)Attorney general settles with Rutland gym owner (VTDigger, Jan. 15, 2021)State of Vermont, Attorney General T.J. Donovan; Club Fitness of Vermont, Inc. and Sean Manovill (settlement filed for court approval January 15, 2021); reported by VTDigger (Alan J. Keays), January 15, 2021Vermont (Rutland Superior Court, Civil Division)CourtJan. 15, 20212021 Q1Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-16-007South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20-56358, 985 F.3d 1128Opinion affirming denial of injunction against the Tier 1 prohibition and the singing banUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States (California orders)CourtJan. 22, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-004South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20A136, 141 S. Ct. 716Order granting application in partSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States (California orders)CourtFeb. 5, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. LA-065Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of February 11, 2021Order: no jury trials before April 1, 2021; local courts to determine thereafterSupreme Court of LouisianaLouisianaCourtFeb. 11, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-013Lujan Grisham v. Romero, 2021-NMSC-009, 483 P.3d 545, No. S-1-SC-38396 (N.M. Feb. 15, 2021)Opinion holding that the Governor and Secretary of Health are authorized to restrict or close businesses when necessary for the protection…Supreme Court of New MexicoNew MexicoCourtFeb. 15, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. TN-049In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court ProceedingsOrder Modifying and Partially Lifting Suspension of In-Person Court ProceedingsTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtFeb. 12, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-051Modification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person ProceedingsModification of COVID-19 Operating Plan to Allow for the Resumption of In-Person ProceedingsHarris County Local Administrative District JudgeHarris County, Texas (all courts)CourtMar. 15, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-020Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, Memorandum Opinion denying a preliminary injunction (ECF No. 24), Civil Action No. 7:21-cv-00135Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, No. 7:21cv00135 (W.D. Va. Mar. 26, 2021)Thomas T. Cullen, United States District JudgeVirginia (United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division)CourtMar. 26, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-011Casey v. Lamont, SC 20494 (argued Dec. 11, 2020; officially released Mar. 29, 2021), 338 Conn. 479, 258 A.3d 647 (2021)Kristine Casey et al. v. Governor Ned LamontSupreme Court of Connecticut (McDonald, J., for a unanimous court; Robinson, C.J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js.)Connecticut (Supreme Court of Connecticut)CourtMar. 29, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-059Administrative Order No. 19 (April 30, 2021): Extension of Judicial Emergency; Phase 3 to commence June 1, 2021, with an updated Jury Management Plan (Exhibit 1)Fourteenth extension; direction that Phase 3 of the Reopening Plan, as modified, commence June 1, 2021 with jury trialsChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtApr. 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TN-050In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering RequirementsOrder Modifying Capacity, Distancing, and Facial Covering RequirementsTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtMay 14, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021Release announcing the fifteenth 30-day extension, the June 1, 2021 return to Phase 3 with jury trials, the continued courthouse mask…Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-032Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of May 25, 2021)In re: Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (May 25, 2021)Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtMay 25, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060Administrative Order No. 21 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 3, 2021; Phase 3 from June 1, 2021)Fifteenth 30-day extension; Phase 3 (jury trials) from June 1, 2021; staffing to 100 percent from July 6, 2021; audiovisual proceedings…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-054Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended June 15, 2021) (2021-06-15-01)Trial-court order in force through Q3 2021: masks per the July 30, 2020 order, six-foot distancing, 113 square feet per person, fever…Supreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtJune 15, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-059Memorandum to the bar, Changes to Administrative Directive Regarding Court Operations (PG-13 amended July 6, 2021)Masks required of all courthouse visitors at all times; six-foot distancing; unvaccinated-only rules rejectedState Court Administrator (Administrative Directive No. PG-13 as amended July 6, 2021)VermontCourtJuly 6, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-042Memorandum Regarding Jury Trial Proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas in New Castle CountyProtocols for the resumption of jury trials from August 2021: one trial day per week in August-September 2021, two in October; Zoom case…Court of Common Pleas for the State of Delaware (New Castle County)Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware, New Castle CountyCourtJuly 23, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-015Hawse v. Page, No. 20-1960 (8th Cir. July 30, 2021), reported at 7 F.4th 685Lauren Hawse, et al. v. Sam Page, County Executive of St. Louis County, and Faisal Khan, Director of the St. Louis County Public Health…United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Colloton, J., joined by Kelly and Stras, JJ.)Missouri (St. Louis County orders; Eighth Circuit)CourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-052Local 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 CircuitChief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton CountyFulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VA-041Twenty-Sixth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 EmergencyTwenty-Sixth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial EmergencySupreme Court of VirginiaVirginiaCourtAug. 4, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DC-061Court of Appeals Court Operations Order (August 31, 2021)Order addressing court operations through December 31, 2021District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief JudgeDistrict of ColumbiaCourtAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-061Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated September 1, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to November 1, 2021; limited-entry courthouses with remote-only hearingsVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtSept. 1, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source

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