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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-007Administrative Order No. 2021-01Policies for Remote (Virtual) ProceedingsChief Judge Maurice B. FoleyUnited States Tax CourtCourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-013Press release: Fall 2021 trial sessions to be conducted remotely; AO 2021-01 (Aug. 27, 2021)Press Release: Fall 2021 trial sessions remote; in-person proceedings expected Winter 2022 TermUnited States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-077Administrative Order 2021-14, extending Administrative Order 2021-13 through October 31, 2021 (Aug. 27, 2021)Administrative Order 2021-14: Restricting Court Access to the National Courts Building Through October 31, 2021Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore and Chief Judge Elaine D. KaplanFederal Circuit and Court of Federal Claims (National Courts Building)CourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Business closureFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. IA-056Order, In the Matter of Ongoing Provisions for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Impact on Court Services (face coverings)Order requiring all people entering court-controlled areas statewide to wear a face covering regardless of vaccination statusIowa Supreme CourtIowa (all State courts)CourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-035Administrative Order of Aug. 27, 2021: SCOTUS Vacates CDC Eviction Moratorium; Housing Court's Process for Lifting CDC StaysIn re: SCOTUS Vacates CDC Eviction Moratorium -- Housing Court's Process for Lifting CDC StaysCleveland Municipal Court, Housing Division (Administrative Judge W. Mona Scott)City of Cleveland, OhioCourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SC-056Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended August 27, 2021) (2021-08-27-01)Complete revision of the trial-court order; mitigation measures left to the Chief Justice; ninety-day termSupreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-023Administrative Order No. 2021-01Policies for Remote (Virtual) ProceedingsUnited States Tax Court (Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley)United StatesCourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-088Press release of Aug. 27, 2021 (issuing Administrative Order 2021-01)Fall 2021 trial sessions to be conducted remotely; in-person proceedings expected from the Winter 2022 termUnited States Tax CourtUnited StatesCourtAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-037Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (August 26, 2021): extension of the judicial emergency through October 1, 2021In re: Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (Aug. 26, 2021)Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020)Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AK-060Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8322Special Order 8322, Update regarding COVID-19 and Civil Jury Trials (all in-person civil jury trials suspended until November 1, 2021)Chief Justice Daniel E. WinfreeAlaska (statewide courts)CourtAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-026Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All Staff (Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All StaffJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (General Division; joined by the Probate Division)Cuyahoga County, OhioCourtAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary 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. MET-PIT-040Order of Court of August 31, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-128): Advanced Communication Technology and Rule 600 suspension through October 1, 2021In re: Resumption of Normal Court Operations, No. AD-21-128-PJKim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-060Administrative Directive No. PG-13, Health Screening and Safety Protocols for All Vermont Courthouses and Judiciary Facilities During the Judicial Emergency (amended March 8, July 1, July 6 and September 1, 2021)Courthouse health screening, universal visitor masking, distancing, denial of entry, employee protocolsState Court AdministratorVermontCourtSept. 1, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary 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
Ex. SC-041Wilson ex rel. State v. City of Columbia, Op. No. 28056, 863 S.E.2d 456 (S.C. 2021)Proviso 1.108 upheld; Columbia Ordinances 2021-068 and 2021-069 declared void insofar as they mandate masks in K-12 public schoolsSupreme Court of South Carolina (original jurisdiction)South CarolinaCourtSept. 2, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. FED-307Updated Amended Standing Order 21-04In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Updated Amended, Sept. 3, 2021)Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtSept. 3, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-084G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62)Fee order reciting the Shelby County school-mask injunction history (TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary injunction September 17, 2021…Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District JudgeShelby County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)CourtNov. 7, 20232021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. TN-086G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order)Temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Shelby CountyUnited States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.)Tennessee (Shelby County)CourtSept. 3, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-136General Order 21-15COVID-19 health and safety protocols for court employees, externs and on-site contractors in response to the Delta variant (differential…U.S. District Court for the District of ArizonaUnited States (D. Ariz.)CourtSept. 2, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SD-083COVID-19 Response: orders currently approved (index as captured September 8, 2021)COVID-19 ResponseSouth Dakota Unified Judicial SystemSouth DakotaCourtSept. 8, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-027Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for Any Appointed or Assigned Attorney (Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for Any Appointed or Assigned AttorneyJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (all Divisions)Cuyahoga County, OhioCourtSept. 10, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DC-060Superior Court Order by Chief Judge Josey-Herring (Amended 9/11/21; posted Sept. 1, 2021)Order re operations through December 31, 2021; deadlines tolled until at least November 21, 2021Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Chief Judge Anita Josey-HerringDistrict of ColumbiaCourtSept. 1, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-308Standing Order 21-08In re: COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Requirements of Visitors to Court Facilities and of Federal Detainees in the District of New JerseyChief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtSept. 13, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. IA-057Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32Temporary restraining order enjoining the Governor and the Director of the Department of Education from enforcing Iowa Code § 280.31 (the…United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.)Iowa (federal district court order binding the State and its school districts)CourtSept. 13, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read