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Ex. MA-072Court System Response to COVID-19 (guide) listing the SJC and Trial Court ordersCourt system response to COVID-19: orders and announcements (Wayback capture July 1, 2020; 2021 capture read for the later orders)Supreme Judicial Court and Executive Office of the Trial Court (index page of the Massachusetts Court System)MassachusettsCourtJuly 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KS-067Administrative Order 2020-PR-090Re: Requiring Masks in Appellate and District CourtsKansas Supreme CourtKansasCourtJuly 2, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-025Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-025 with attached New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols (Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1-3)In the Matter of the Safe and Effective Administration of the New Mexico Judiciary During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencySupreme Court of New MexicoNew MexicoCourtJuly 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WA-092Supreme Court Order No. 25700-B-631Order re: Modification of Jury Trial ProceedingsSupreme Court of WashingtonWashingtonCourtJune 18, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary 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. MET-ATL-028Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential Matters (July 10, 2020)Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential MattersChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-014Legacy Church, Inc. v. Kunkel, No. CIV 20-0327 JB/SCY, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 80 (D.N.M. July 13, 2020)Memorandum opinion denying a preliminary injunction against the Secretary of Health's public health orders and holding the orders neutral…United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Browning, J.)New Mexico (federal district court)CourtJuly 13, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary 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. 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. AGY-ST-COURTS-030Administrative Order 2020-1, In re: Filing Regarding Compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ('CARES Act')Requirement that every foreclosure plaintiff file an Affidavit in Support of Compliance with the CARES Act before any action in a mortgage…Superior Court of the State of DelawareSuperior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJuly 21, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19, SCMF-12-0000538 (provisional admission without written examination, expiring July 1, 2022, as an alternative to sitting for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam)In the Matter of the September 2020 Bar Exam - Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19Supreme Court of Hawaii (Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama and McKenna, JJ., and ICA Chief Judge Ginoza; Wilson, J., concurring separately)Hawaii; Supreme Court of Hawaii (bar admission)CourtJuly 22, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary 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. 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. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-016Press release with attached guidance: Documentary Evidence for Remote Proceedings; Subpoenas for Remote Proceedings; revised AO 2020-03 (Aug. 6, 2020)Press Release: adjustments to Court procedures to accommodate remote operationsChief Judge Maurice B. FoleyUnited States Tax CourtCourtAug. 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-014Order on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, Savage v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00165-LEW, ECF No. 26 (D. Me. Aug. 7, 2020), reported at 478 F. Supp. 3d 16Savage v. Mills (Sunday River Brewing Company): order dismissing business owners' constitutional challenge to the Governor's COVID-19…Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District JudgeUnited States District Court for the District of MaineCourtAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary 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. 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. IL-066M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Reduction of Unnecessary In-Person Court Appearances (order of August 27, 2020; amended Sept. 23, 2020 and Feb. 10, 2021)Reduction of unnecessary in-person court appearances; remote hearings for fee-waiver applications and civil mattersSupreme Court of IllinoisIllinoisCourtAug. 27, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-004In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc No. 4, Misc. No. 263En banc decision rescinding, as of Sept. 1, 2020, the suspension of the report-deadline rules and continuing the other March 18, 2020…Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (statewide)CourtJuly 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts 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. MET-MKE-026James v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 58 (Nos. 2020AP1419-OA, 2020AP1420-OA, 2020AP1446-OA) (decided June 11, 2021)Sara Lindsey James v. Janel Heinrich; Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools v. Heinrich; St. Ambrose Academy v. HeinrichSupreme Court of WisconsinWisconsin (Dane County orders)CourtJune 11, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careOtherPrimary 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. KS-069Administrative Order 2020-PR-101Order Continuing Administrative Orders Suspending Statutes of Limitation, Statutory Time Standards, Deadlines, and Time Limitations Under…Chief Justice Marla LuckertKansasCourtSept. 15, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-333General Order 72-6In re: COVID Public Health Emergency (General Order 72-6)Chief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaCourtSept. 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read