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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-MSY-048	Amended Order: Re-entry Phase Two (Phase Two Limited Opening Order), May 28, 2020Criminal District Court Phase Two Limited Opening Order effective June 1, 2020: access limited by the Sheriff, symptomatic and quarantined…	Chief Judge Karen K. Herman, acting on behalf of the Court En Banc	Criminal District Court for the Parish of OrleansCourt	May 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MT-059	Letter of the Chief Justice, May 22, 2020 (Phase Two court practices; eviction guidance)Montana Supreme Court, For Immediate Release, May 22, 2020, to Montana District Court Judges and Clerks, Montana Water Court, Montana Courts…	Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of Montana	Montana (statewide judiciary)Court	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. OR-018	Chief Justice Order 20-016Order Imposing 'Level 2' and 'Level 3' Restrictions on Court Operations	Chief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme Court	OregonCourt	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TN-084	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order of May 26, 2020 (judicial-district reopening plans; continued suspension of jury trials)Order of May 26, 2020 (district plans governing in-person proceedings)	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. VT-051	Tenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 13, 2020)Judicial emergency extended to September 1, 2020; nonemergency hearings resume June 1; jury trials suspended (criminal to Sept. 1, 2020…	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041	Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020)Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas	Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	June 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-097	Notice to the Bar, Virtual Grand Jury Pilot Program - Consent Not Required to Proceed (with Supreme Court Order of June 4, 2020)Virtual (video) grand jury pilot (authorized May 14, 2020) expanded: defendant consent no longer required	Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts (transmitting the Supreme Court's June 4, 2020 Order)	New JerseyCourt	June 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. LA-063	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020Order: in-person court capacity 50%; evictions remain suspended by executive action	Supreme Court of Louisiana	LouisianaCourt	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MD-085	Administrative Order on the Progressive Resumption of Full Function of Judiciary Operations Previously Restricted Due to the COVID-19 Emergency (May 22, 2020; amended June 3 and Oct. 2, 2020)Administrative Order on the Progressive Resumption of Full Function of Judiciary Operations Previously Restricted Due to the COVID-19…	Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland	MarylandCourt	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-060	General Order 2020-GEN-016-00, Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re Facial Coverings and Social Distancing (June 5, 2020)Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re Facial Coverings and Social Distancing (2020-GEN-016-00)	Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile	Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesCourt	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048	Administrative Order No. 7 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 8, 2020; adoption of the four-phase Courts Reopening Plan)Third 30-day extension; Phase 1 reopening from June 8, 2020 and Phase 2 from June 15, 2020: courthouses open to the public with face…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-336	General Order 77Provisional Modifications to the Jury Plan (COVID-19)	Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton	United States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourt	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MI-034	Administrative Order No. 2020-17Continuation of Alternative Procedures for Landlord/Tenant Cases	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AR-023	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020)Per curiam setting a fifty-person courtroom cap with masks and temperature checks and ending the jury-trial suspension June 30, 2020	Supreme Court of Arkansas	ArkansasCourt	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-020	Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks)In re: Clarification and Modification of the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan Entered on May 28, 2020	Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-020	Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings	Chief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court)	Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit: Superior, State and Magistrate Courts)Court	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-041	Protocol Order During COVID-19 Public Health CrisisCourt operations during the Return to Full Capacity phases: remote hearings whenever possible; in-person hearings limited; entrance…	Sixth Judicial Circuit Court	Oakland County, Michigan (Sixth Judicial Circuit)Court	June 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. KS-065	Administrative Order 2020-PR-062Re: Returning Judiciary Workforce Back to Buildings (telework; travel quarantine)	Kansas Supreme Court	KansasCourt	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. KS-066	Administrative Order 2020-PR-076Order Related to Appellate and District Courts Operations as of June 16, 2020	Kansas Supreme Court	KansasCourt	June 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-036	Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Courthouse Safety Guidelines, No. 20-1-0005Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency	Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County	Cobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)Court	June 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060	Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam)In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana - Order adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana	Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices)	Montana; Supreme Court of Montana (bar admission)Court	June 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. HI-039	Order Regarding Foreclosures, SCMF-20-0000152Order requiring a declaration in every judicial or non-judicial foreclosure and ejectment action that the mortgage is not a federally backed…	Supreme Court of Hawaii	HawaiiCourt	June 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DC-023	Joint Committee Order Requiring Persons to Wear Cloth Face Coverings in Court Buildings During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder Requiring Persons to Wear Cloth Face Coverings in Court Buildings During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Joint Committee on Judicial Administration for the District of Columbia Courts	District of ColumbiaCourt	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MI-035	Administrative Order No. 2020-19Continuing Order Regarding Court Operations	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-061	Third Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (filed June 15, 2020; effective June 29, 2020)Third Amended Emergency Order (in-person hearings suspended to June 29, 2020; jury trials to at least August 17, 2020; remote hearings…	Travis County Civil and Family Courts (District Judges and County Court at Law Judges)	Travis County, Texas (Civil and Family District Courts and County Courts at Law)Court	June 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read

Chief Judge Karen K. Herman, acting on behalf of the Court En Banc, Amended Order: Re-entry Phase Two (Phase Two Limited Opening Order), May 28, 2020 (Ex. MET-MSY-048)
Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of Montana, Letter of the Chief Justice, May 22, 2020 (Phase Two court practices; eviction guidance) (Ex. MT-059)
Chief Justice Martha L. Walters, Oregon Supreme Court, Chief Justice Order 20-016 (May 15, 2020) (Ex. OR-018)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order of May 26, 2020 (judicial-district reopening plans; continued suspension of jury trials) (Ex. TN-084)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Tenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated May 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-051)
Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices), Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020) (June 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041)
Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts (transmitting the Supreme Court's June 4, 2020 Order), Notice to the Bar, Virtual Grand Jury Pilot Program - Consent Not Required to Proceed (with Supreme Court Order of June 4, 2020) (June 8, 2020) (Ex. NJ-097)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020 (Ex. LA-063)
Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Administrative Order on the Progressive Resumption of Full Function of Judiciary Operations Previously Restricted Due to the COVID-19 Emergency (May 22, 2020; amended June 3 and Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MD-085)
Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile, General Order 2020-GEN-016-00, Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re Facial Coverings and Social Distancing (June 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-060)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 7 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 8, 2020; adoption of the four-phase Courts Reopening Plan) (June 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048)
Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 77 (June 9, 2020) (Ex. FED-336)
Michigan Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-17 (June 9, 2020) (Ex. MI-034)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-023)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks) (Ex. MET-PIT-020)
Chief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court), Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020 (Ex. MET-ATL-020)
Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Protocol Order During COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (June 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-041)
Kansas Supreme Court, Administrative Order 2020-PR-062 (June 11, 2020) (Ex. KS-065)
Kansas Supreme Court, Administrative Order 2020-PR-076 (June 16, 2020) (Ex. KS-066)
Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County, Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Courthouse Safety Guidelines, No. 20-1-0005 (June 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-036)
Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices), Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060)
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Order Regarding Foreclosures, SCMF-20-0000152 (June 25, 2020) (Ex. HI-039)
Joint Committee on Judicial Administration for the District of Columbia Courts, Joint Committee Order Requiring Persons to Wear Cloth Face Coverings in Court Buildings During the COVID-19 Pandemic (June 26, 2020) (Ex. DC-023)
Michigan Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-19 (June 26, 2020) (Ex. MI-035)
Travis County Civil and Family Courts (District Judges and County Court at Law Judges), Third Amended Emergency Order Regarding COVID-19 (filed June 15, 2020; effective June 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-061)

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