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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-018	Press release: Court Standards and Protocols to Protect Public Health; summary of D.C. courthouse protocols (Oct. 5, 2021)Press Release: health protocols and courthouse access for in-person proceedings	United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	Oct. 5, 2021		Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-083	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021)Order granting in part the motion to alter or amend: exemptions permitted under Policy C-240; injunction otherwise maintained	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (E.D. Tenn.)Court	Oct. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-068	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021)Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate…	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.)	Tennessee (Knox County)Court	Oct. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VT-062	Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated October 14, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to January 1, 2022; CFPB Regulation X foreclosure certification (Appendix C)	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Oct. 14, 2021		Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035	General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021Autumn 2021 amendment: courtroom distancing reduced from six to three feet; jury assembly areas expanded (Daley Center from Sept. 20, 2021…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Oct. 19, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-013	JWC Fitness, LLC v. Murphy, No. A-0639-20 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 18, 2021) (approved for publication)JWC Fitness, LLC v. Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al.: no statutory or constitutional compensation for the closure and…	Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (published opinion, Docket No. A-0639-20; on appeal from the Law Division, Sussex County, L-0388-20)	New JerseyCourt	Oct. 18, 2021		Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-059	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-13Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (access limitation of Aug. 23, 2021 lifted; face masks still required at all times…	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)Court	Oct. 8, 2021		Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ME-062	Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Opinion affirming denial of preliminary injunction against Maine's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health-care workers	Lynch, Circuit Judge, for the court (Howard, C.J., Lynch and Barron, JJ.)	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Maine)Court	Oct. 19, 2021		Health care ordersVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MN-055	Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Oct. 18, 2021)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch	Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea	MinnesotaCourt	Oct. 18, 2021		Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-111	Does 1-6 v. Mills, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Opinion describing and upholding Maine's Aug. 12, 2021 emergency rule requiring COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers (10-144 C.M.R.…	First Circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Maine rule)Court	Oct. 19, 2021		Vaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-082	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Executive Order No. 84, as extended by Executive Order No. 89, enjoined in Williamson County pending trial	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (M.D. Tenn.)Court	Oct. 22, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-079	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 85, Memorandum Opinion (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 22, 2021)Memorandum Opinion granting preliminary injunction against enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 (Williamson County and Franklin SSD)	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)	Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin SSD)Court	Oct. 22, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AK-062	Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8340Special Order 8340, Update regarding COVID-19 and Civil Jury Trials (suspension continued to January 10, 2022)	Chief Justice Daniel E. Winfree	Alaska (statewide courts)Court	Oct. 28, 2021		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-045	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-14Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (mask requirement in court facilities discontinued)	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)Court	Oct. 25, 2021		Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VT-063	Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated November 4, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to March 1, 2022; bar exam health protocols including vaccination proof	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Nov. 4, 2021		Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-048	General Order No. 2021-36 Re: Rescission of Access to Remote-Only Proceedings OrderGeneral Order 2021-36 (filed November 9, 2021)	Presiding Judge	Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Nov. 9, 2021		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-047	General Order No. 2021-34, Thirtieth Implementation of Emergency Relief Authorized Pursuant to Government Code Section 68115General Order 2021-34 (October 2021)	Presiding Judge, implementing the Chief Justice's emergency order of October 12, 2021	Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Oct. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-074	Opinion, 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 AntonioCourt	Nov. 10, 2021		Other	Primary source read
Ex. TX-066	Forty-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 Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Nov. 10, 2021		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-TPA-054	Administrative Order No. 2021-045 PA/PI-CIRElimination of Face Mask and Distancing Requirements for Court Facilities in Conformity with the Florida Supreme Court Administrative Order…	Chief Judge Anthony Rondolino	Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Pasco and Pinellas Counties)Court	Nov. 10, 2021		Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-300	General Order 21-0033In re: Employee COVID-Vaccine Condition of Employment	Executive Committee and Restart Task Force of the Court (unanimous vote)	United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourt	Sept. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Workplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-096	Opinion, 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)Court	Nov. 22, 2021		Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-067	Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Nov. 23, 2021		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-045	Corman v. Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, No. 83 MAP 2021 (Pa. Dec. 23, 2021) (opinion following the per curiam affirmance of Dec. 10, 2021)Corman v. Beam, Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health - Opinion	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Middle District), J-86-2021	PennsylvaniaCourt	Dec. 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-019	Ho v. Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, L.L.C., 2021 OK 68, 507 P.3d 673, Case No. 119,752Opinion reversing dismissal of a nurse's wrongful-discharge action: the Governor's COVID-19 emergency orders expressed established Oklahoma…	Supreme Court of Oklahoma (Kauger, J., for the Court)	OklahomaCourt	Dec. 14, 2021	2020 Q2	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read

United States Tax Court, Press release: Court Standards and Protocols to Protect Public Health; summary of D.C. courthouse protocols (Oct. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-018)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-083)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.), S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-068)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated October 14, 2021) (Oct. 14, 2021) (Ex. VT-062)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (eff. Oct. 15, 2021), amended nunc pro tunc Oct. 19, 2021 (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-035)
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (published opinion, Docket No. A-0639-20; on appeal from the Law Division, Sussex County, L-0388-20), JWC Fitness, LLC v. Murphy, No. A-0639-20 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 18, 2021) (approved for publication) (Ex. DUT-NJ-013)
Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr, Administrative Order No. 2020-06-13 (Oct. 8, 2021) (Ex. MET-ORL-059)
Lynch, Circuit Judge, for the court (Howard, C.J., Lynch and Barron, JJ.), Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. ME-062)
Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Oct. 18, 2021) (Ex. MN-055)
First Circuit, Does 1-6 v. Mills, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-111)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-082)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.), R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 85, Memorandum Opinion (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 22, 2021) (Ex. TN-079)
Chief Justice Daniel E. Winfree, Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8340 (Oct. 28, 2021) (Ex. AK-062)
Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr, Administrative Order No. 2020-06-14 (Oct. 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-ORL-045)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated November 4, 2021) (Nov. 4, 2021) (Ex. VT-063)
Presiding Judge, General Order No. 2021-36 Re: Rescission of Access to Remote-Only Proceedings Order (Nov. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-RIV-048)
Presiding Judge, implementing the Chief Justice's emergency order of October 12, 2021, General Order No. 2021-34, Thirtieth Implementation of Emergency Relief Authorized Pursuant to Government Code Section 68115 (Oct. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-RIV-047)
Fourth Court of Appeals (Martinez, C.J.; Chapa and Rios, JJ.), Opinion, 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 injunction (Nov. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-074)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9139 (Eviction Diversion Program after TDHCA closure) (Nov. 10, 2021) (Ex. TX-066)
Chief Judge Anthony Rondolino, Administrative Order No. 2021-045 PA/PI-CIR (Nov. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-TPA-054)
Executive Committee and Restart Task Force of the Court (unanimous vote), General Order 21-0033 (Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-300)
Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Opinion by Justice Nowell), Opinion, 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) (Ex. MET-DFW-096)
Supreme Court of Texas, Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145 (Nov. 23, 2021) (Ex. TX-067)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Middle District), J-86-2021, Corman v. Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, No. 83 MAP 2021 (Pa. Dec. 23, 2021) (opinion following the per curiam affirmance of Dec. 10, 2021) (Ex. PA-045)
Supreme Court of Oklahoma (Kauger, J., for the Court), Ho v. Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, L.L.C., 2021 OK 68, 507 P.3d 673, Case No. 119,752 (Dec. 14, 2021) (Ex. DUT-OK-019)

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