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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. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-018Press 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 proceedingsUnited States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtOct. 5, 2021Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-045Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0019-20, Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Suspension of a provision of Health and Safety Code and a DWC rule related to workers' compensationBulletin implementing the Governor's suspension of the 10-day exposure-testing requirement for emergency responders' workers' compensation…Cassie Brown, Commissioner of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' CompensationTexas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (statewide)CourtApr. 10, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-04-06610-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 emergency rule)Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description)Maine (rule); United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (opinion)CourtAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed 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. VT-063Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated November 4, 2021)Judicial emergency extended to March 1, 2022; bar exam health protocols including vaccination proofVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtNov. 4, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AK-057Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8275Special Order 8275, Regarding Update to Special Order 8149, COVID-19 Visitor Health Precautions (unvaccinated visitors must mask; screening)Chief Justice Joel H. BolgerAlaska (statewide courts)CourtJune 1, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-019Ho 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)OklahomaCourtDec. 14, 20212020 Q2Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. NM-066Supreme Court Order No. 21-8500-021 with Amended Emergency Court ProtocolsIn the Matter of the Amendment of the New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols (reinstating face mask requirements; regular…Supreme Court of New Mexico (M. Vigil, C.J.)New MexicoCourtAug. 16, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-021In re Abbott, No. 20-50264 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020) (published), 954 F.3d 772In re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas, et al. (petition for writ of mandamus; GA-09)United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Duncan, J., joined by Elrod, J.; Dennis, J., dissenting)Texas (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)CourtApr. 7, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. ME-062Does 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 workersLynch, Circuit Judge, for the court (Howard, C.J., Lynch and Barron, JJ.)United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Maine)CourtOct. 19, 2021Health care ordersVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-043Commissioner'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' CompensationTexas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (State workers' compensation regulator and adjudicator; statewide)CourtMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. FED-298Amended General Order 21-0006 (Sept. 15, 2021)In re: Amended Plan for the Safe Resumption of Jury Trials and Court OperationsChief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (Executive Committee)United States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourtSept. 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-008Administrative Order No. 2021-02Washington, D.C. Courthouse AccessChief Judge Maurice B. FoleyUnited States Tax Court (Washington, D.C. courthouse)CourtOct. 5, 2021Capacity limitCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. FED-309Standing Order 21-11In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Chief Judge Freda L. WolfsonUnited States District Court for the District of New JerseyCourtDec. 29, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-007Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M210001 (Aug. 11, 2021)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Presiding Judge Jody M. Luebbers), and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Presiding Judge Heather S. Russell)Hamilton County, OhioCourtAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary 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. 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. MET-CLE-036Administrative Order No. 2021-05: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All Staff (General Administrative Judge Order 2021-GAO-000034)In re: Order Regarding Vaccination Requirement for All StaffJudges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General DivisionCity of Cleveland, OhioCourtSept. 17, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. RI-084Supreme Court Executive Order 2021-04COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Continuity of OperationsRhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)Rhode IslandCourtJuly 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-111Does 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 CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Maine rule)CourtOct. 19, 2021Vaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-078Protocols for In-Person Arguments (June 22, 2021)Protocols for In-Person ArgumentsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitCourtJune 22, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read

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