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Ex. MET-DET-007Local Administrative Order 2020-04Plan to Return to Full Capacity - Phase OneThird Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO)Wayne County, Michigan (Third Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 7, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-085In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order of July 9, 2020 (mandatory facial coverings in courthouses)Order of July 9, 2020 requiring facial coverings in courthouses and courtroomsTennessee Supreme CourtTennesseeCourtJuly 9, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-027Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the Courthouse (July 2020)Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the CourthouseChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MN-048Order Requiring Face Coverings at Court Facilities, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed July 7, 2020)Order Requiring Face Coverings at Court FacilitiesMinnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. GildeaMinnesotaCourtJuly 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-054Administrative Order No. 2020-114Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (Replacing AO…Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtJuly 15, 20202020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NC-053Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and 22)Order Issuing Emergency Directives 21 and 22 (face coverings in court facilities; jury trial resumption plans)Chief Justice Cheri BeasleyNorth CarolinaCourtJuly 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-018Tigges v. Northam, Memorandum Order denying the motion for a preliminary injunction (Dk. No. 19), Civil Action No. 3:20-cv-410Tigges v. Northam, 473 F. Supp. 3d 559 (E.D. Va. 2020)John A. Gibney, Jr., United States District JudgeVirginia (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division)CourtJuly 21, 20202020 Q3Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOperating conditionOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-024Fifth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 20MS000283Fifth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.)Franklin County, OhioCourtJuly 23, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-060Amended Joint Order 2020-05 Requiring Face Coverings in Court FacilitiesAmended Joint Order Requiring Face Coverings in Court Facilities, JO 2020-05 (July 27, 2020; original joint order issued May-June 2020)Chief Judge, Second Judicial District, and Presiding Judge, Denver County Court (joint)Second Judicial District and Denver County Court, ColoradoCourtJuly 27, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-040Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (July 28, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtJuly 28, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-063Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01)Statewide mandate requiring masks or facial coverings in every county and municipal courthouseChief Justice Donald W. BeattySouth CarolinaCourtJuly 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-020Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 PandemicJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General DivisionCuyahoga County, OhioCourtAug. 3, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SD-052Order Regarding Court Proceedings During the Sturgis Motorcycle RallyOrder Regarding Court Proceedings During the Sturgis Motorcycle RallyPresiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court August 5, 2020Fourth Judicial Circuit (Meade and Lawrence County courthouses)CourtAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-058Order Regarding Entering Judiciary Facilities, SCMF-20-0000152Order restricting entry to judiciary facilities (screening; exclusion of recent travelers; face coverings) (Aug. 10, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtAug. 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-008Local Administrative Order 2020-09Plan to Return to Full Capacity - Phase TwoThird Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO)Wayne County, Michigan (Third Judicial Circuit)CourtAug. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020)Resumption of operations from July 6, 2020 with all matters by videoconference to the extent reasonably possible, no jury trials, remote…Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and suburban Cook County; the largest unified trial court in the United States)CourtSept. 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-055Administrative Order No. 2020-143Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (Replacing AO…Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtAug. 26, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IL-065M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency (order of August 27, 2020, replacing subpart F of the March 17, 2020 order)Courthouse entry conditions: no entry without a mask or face covering; exclusion of symptomatic persons and persons under quarantine or…Supreme Court of IllinoisIllinoisCourtAug. 27, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. HI-059Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Aug. 28, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtAug. 28, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DC-034Court of Appeals Order (Filed August 27, 2020)Order addressing operations after August 30, 2020 (through November 30, 2020)District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Chief JudgeDistrict of ColumbiaCourtAug. 27, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-024Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of August 31, 2020), with the attached Order on Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant ActionsIn re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Aug. 31, 2020)Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtAug. 31, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-027Release: Delaware Judiciary unveils plan to resume jury trials in October, extends emergency until Oct. 5, 2020Release announcing the jury-trial resumption plan (modified Phase 3 from October 2020; facilities to 75 percent capacity) and the extension…Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice SeitzDelaware Judiciary (statewide)CourtSept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-052Administrative Order No. 10: Extension of Judicial Emergency (with the Jury Management Plan as Exhibit 1)Sixth 30-day extension effective Sept. 6, 2020; Phase 2 continued in September; modified Phase 3 from Oct. 5, 2020 with courthouses open to…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtSept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-069Order 2020-013 (COVID-19 Phase III)24th JDC Phase III from September 14, 2020: masks required; six-foot distancing; jury trials may recommence; galleries limited to 14…Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach24th Judicial District Court, Parish of JeffersonCourtSept. 14, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-057Hennepin County District Court COVID-19 Information page (Sept. 19, 2020 capture)COVID-19 Information: courthouse entry requirements (face covering, six-foot distancing), remote hearings, list of Fourth District COVID-19…Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Minnesota Judicial Branch page)Hennepin County (Fourth Judicial District)CourtSept. 19, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read