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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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. AGY-ST-COURTS-043	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0010-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - workers' compensation issuesBulletin ceasing orders for designated-doctor examinations, suspending all scheduled RME, DD and referral examinations, tolling…	Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation	Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (State workers' compensation regulator and adjudicator; statewide)Court	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. IA-057	Order 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)Court	Sept. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. IL-067	M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Residential Eviction Proceedings (amended order of April 6, 2021, amending the orders of Dec. 22, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021)Residential eviction proceedings: certification form required with every eviction complaint; judicial review of every eviction filing until…	Supreme Court of Illinois	IllinoisCourt	Apr. 6, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. VT-058	Memorandum to the Vermont Bar, Update on COVID-19 Pandemic MeasuresJudicial emergency continues after the Governor's order expired; mask policy; clerk windows; non-HVAC courthouses closed to in-person…	State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel	VermontCourt	June 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034	General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021)Spring 2021 amendment: videoconference remains the default for all matters; judges to work remotely; masks for all persons; residential…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourt	Apr. 27, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-044	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0012-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Labor Code and DWC Rules Related to Workers' CompensationBulletin announcing the Governor's suspension of specified Labor Code provisions and DWC rules (deadlines and in-person requirements) for…	Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation	Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)Court	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KS-062	Administrative Order 2020-PR-047Order Under 2020 House Substitute for Senate Bill 102 and Governor's April 30, 2020, State of Disaster Emergency Declaration Suspending…	Chief Justice Marla Luckert	KansasCourt	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. KS-064	Administrative Order 2020-PR-058Order Under 2020 House Substitute for Senate Bill 102 and Governor's May 26, 2020, State of Disaster Emergency Declaration Suspending…	Chief Justice Marla Luckert	KansasCourt	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-097	Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 21-1080 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunction)Supreme Court of Texas opinion in Abbott v. Jenkins (June 30, 2023)	Supreme Court of Texas (Opinion by Justice Blacklock)	Texas (Supreme Court of Texas)Court	June 30, 2023		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-060	Abbott v. Harris County, No. 03-21-00429-CV, 641 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. App.-Austin Jan. 6, 2022) (opinion affirming temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris County	Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas	Texas (Third Court of Appeals, Austin)Court	Jan. 6, 2022		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-061	Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris County	Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)	Texas (Supreme Court)Court	June 30, 2023		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-016	Administrative Order 21-01 (Extending the 'Pause' in Response to COVID-19)Administrative Order 21-01	Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice James W. Hardesty	Clark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District)Court	Jan. 12, 2021	2021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. RI-080	Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-06COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Limitations on Personnel	Rhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)	Rhode IslandCourt	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TN-067	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021)Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.)	Tennessee (Williamson County; Franklin Special School District)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. UT-050	Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (June 3, 2021)Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic	Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council	UtahCourt	June 3, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-030	Administrative 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 Delaware	Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	July 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-075	Administrative Order AO/78/20No papers accepted for filing by any county clerk or court in any matter not on the list of essential matters (criminal arraignments and…	Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks	New York State Unified Court System (statewide, including the New York City courts)Court	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AK-055	Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8210Special Order 8210, Update regarding COVID-19 and Jury Trials (all jury trials and in-person grand juries suspended until at least Jan. 4…	Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger	Alaska (statewide courts)Court	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AK-101	Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8130Special Order 8130 (court system to stop beginning new jury trials statewide for the week of March 16-20, 2020 and thereafter pending…	Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger	Alaska (statewide courts)Court	Mar. 15, 2020		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. HI-035	Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending the Mar. 16 and Mar. 20 orders through May 29, 2020, expanding remote proceedings and restricting entry to judiciary…	Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald	HawaiiCourt	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. HI-067	Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Aug. 6, 2021)	Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald	HawaiiCourt	Aug. 6, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. HI-068	Order Postponing Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing all jury trials statewide to dates after October 4, 2021 (Aug. 16, 2021)	Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald	HawaiiCourt	Aug. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	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. LA-062	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of May 15, 2020Order: no jury trials before June 30, 2020; in-person proceedings resume at 25% courtroom capacity	Supreme Court of Louisiana	LouisianaCourt	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read

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)
Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0010-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - workers' compensation issues (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-043)
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pratt, J.), Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order, The Arc of Iowa v. Reynolds, No. 4:21-cv-00264 (S.D. Iowa Sept. 13, 2021), ECF No. 32 (Ex. IA-057)
Supreme Court of Illinois, M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Residential Eviction Proceedings (amended order of April 6, 2021, amending the orders of Dec. 22, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021) (Apr. 6, 2021) (Ex. IL-067)
State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel, Memorandum to the Vermont Bar, Update on COVID-19 Pandemic Measures (June 18, 2021) (Ex. VT-058)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-07 (amended effective April 22, 2021; entered nunc pro tunc April 27, 2021) (Apr. 27, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034)
Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0012-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of Certain Provisions of the Labor Code and DWC Rules Related to Workers' Compensation (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-044)
Chief Justice Marla Luckert, Administrative Order 2020-PR-047 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. KS-062)
Chief Justice Marla Luckert, Administrative Order 2020-PR-058 (May 27, 2020) (Ex. KS-064)
Supreme Court of Texas (Opinion by Justice Blacklock), Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 21-1080 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunction) (Ex. MET-DFW-097)
Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas, Abbott v. Harris County, No. 03-21-00429-CV, 641 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. App.-Austin Jan. 6, 2022) (opinion affirming temporary injunction) (Ex. MET-HOU-060)
Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.), Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction) (Ex. MET-HOU-061)
Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice James W. Hardesty, Administrative Order 21-01 (Extending the 'Pause' in Response to COVID-19) (Jan. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-LAS-016)
Rhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell), Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-06 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. RI-080)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Crenshaw, C.J.), R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725, Doc. 30, Memorandum Opinion and Order (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. TN-067)
Utah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial Council, Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (June 3, 2021) (Ex. UT-050)
Superior Court of the State of Delaware, Administrative Order 2020-1, In re: Filing Regarding Compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ('CARES Act') (July 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-030)
Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks, Administrative Order AO/78/20 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-075)
Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger, Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8210 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. AK-055)
Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger, Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8130 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AK-101)
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald, Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. HI-035)
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald, Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152 (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. HI-067)
Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald, Order Postponing Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152 (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. HI-068)
Kansas Supreme Court, Administrative Order 2020-PR-076 (June 16, 2020) (Ex. KS-066)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of May 15, 2020 (Ex. LA-062)

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