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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025	COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020)COVID-19 Announcements	Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)	Supreme Court of the United StatesCourt	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-134	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended)Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency	Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. GA-062	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-021	Order Declaring a Judicial EmergencyDeclaration of a statewide judicial emergency effective 8:00 a.m. March 16, 2020 for 30 days; trial courts authorized to continue all trials…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (Chief Justice; statewide)Court	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. CO-056	Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State CourtsOrder Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts	Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of Colorado	ColoradoCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-014	Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division	Cuyahoga County, OhioCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ND-085	Administrative Order 25, Coronavirus Pandemic (Declaration of Judicial Emergency), adopted March 16, 2020, amended March 17, April 15, May 20 and June 9, 2020 (text as amended June 9, 2020)Statewide judicial emergency: civil and criminal jury trials suspended (to April 24, then July 1, 2020); presumptive continuances…	North Dakota Supreme Court (Jensen, C.J.)	North DakotaCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ND-086	North Dakota Court System, 'Emergency Order and Pandemic Response' page (as archived April 17, 2020)Court system's official summary of the March 16, 2020 Emergency Order as amended March 17 and April 15, 2020: all jury trials suspended…	North Dakota Court System (Supreme Court and presiding judges)	North DakotaCourt	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. VT-049	Administrative Order No. 49Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court Procedures	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator)	VermontCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KS-060	Administrative Order 2020-PR-016Order restricting Kansas district and appellate courts to emergency operations and suspending statutes of limitation and statutory time…	Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)	KansasCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-035	Administrative Order No. 2020-2Administrative Order limiting court access and adjourning proceedings	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-050	Index of Presiding Judge Orders on court operations during COVID-19: Mar. 27, 2020 (parenting time); Apr. 10, 2020 (civil trials; criminal proceedings; family, juvenile and probate proceedings during the pandemic); Apr. 21, 2020 (supplemental family, juvenile, probate); June 2, 2020 (protective face coverings in court facilities); June 15, 2020 (civil, criminal, juvenile, family and probate proceedings under Level 2 restrictions); probate letters of Apr. 22 and June 16, 2020Court Operations During Covid-19: Judicial Orders and Information (Multnomah County Circuit Court)	Presiding Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Chief Probate Judge	Multnomah County Circuit Court (Fourth Judicial District), OregonCourt	July 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MO-063	Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings)Extension of the statewide suspension; phased operational directives with gateway criteria, distancing and masks	Supreme Court of Missouri	Missouri (all State courts)Court	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FL-066	Administrative Order No. AOSC20-23 (original)In re: Comprehensive COVID-19 Emergency Measures for the Florida State Courts	Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida	Florida (all State courts)Court	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-029	Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division	City of Cleveland, OhioCourt	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-038	Order (filed Apr. 10, 2020): the Court will not administer the July 2020 Bar ExamOrder of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Apr. 10, 2020) cancelling the July 2020 bar examination	District of Columbia Court of Appeals, by order of the Chief Judge	District of Columbia; District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Committee on Admissions)Court	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-020	Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council, No. 122,765 (Kan. Apr. 11, 2020) (original action in quo warranto; quo warranto granted in part)Laura Kelly, Governor of the State of Kansas, v. Legislative Coordinating Council, et al.	Supreme Court of Kansas (per curiam)	KansasCourt	Apr. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. SD-048	Amended Standing Order CIV 20-4 Regarding Declaration of Public Health Emergency in Minnehaha CountyStanding Order Regarding Declaration of Public Health Emergency in Minnehaha County	Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman; approved by the Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.) April 14, 2020	Second Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha County)Court	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. CO-099	Updated Orders Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts of Apr. 16, May 5, June 15 and July 24, 2020Updated Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts	Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of Colorado	ColoradoCourt	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-019	Order for Temporary Amendments to Bar Admission Procedures During COVID-19 Outbreak (emergency diploma privilege with 360 hours of supervised practice)In re: Matter of Emergency Modifications to Utah Supreme Court Rules of Professional Practice, Rules Governing Admission to the Utah State…	Utah Supreme Court	Utah; Supreme Court of Utah (bar admission)Court	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. VT-050	Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020)Masks required in Judiciary buildings; remote hearings expanded; parent-child contact emergencies	Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)	VermontCourt	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-048	Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01)Amended statewide trial-court operations order	Supreme Court of South Carolina	South CarolinaCourt	Apr. 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TN-045	In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings and Further Extension of DeadlinesOrder Modifying Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings and Further Extension of Deadlines	Tennessee Supreme Court	TennesseeCourt	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. OK-051	Third Emergency Joint Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (SCAD 2020-36)Transition from shelter in place: jury trials rescheduled to after July 31, 2020; deadlines resume May 16; non-jury hearings may be set…	Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals	OklahomaCourt	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-047	Administrative Order No. 5: Use of Face Masks/Coverings in Court FacilitiesFace coverings required for court staff, lawyers, litigants, jurors, contractors, vendors and all visitors in common and public areas of…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Supreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office), COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025)
Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton), Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-134)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-021)
Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of Colorado, Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. CO-056)
Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-014)
North Dakota Supreme Court (Jensen, C.J.), Administrative Order 25, Coronavirus Pandemic (Declaration of Judicial Emergency), adopted March 16, 2020, amended March 17, April 15, May 20 and June 9, 2020 (text as amended June 9, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ND-085)
North Dakota Court System (Supreme Court and presiding judges), North Dakota Court System, 'Emergency Order and Pandemic Response' page (as archived April 17, 2020) (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. ND-086)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator), Administrative Order No. 49 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. VT-049)
Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert), Administrative Order 2020-PR-016 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. KS-060)
Michigan Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-2 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-035)
Presiding Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Chief Probate Judge, Index of Presiding Judge Orders on court operations during COVID-19: Mar. 27, 2020 (parenting time); Apr. 10, 2020 (civil trials; criminal proceedings; family, juvenile and probate proceedings during the pandemic); Apr. 21, 2020 (supplemental family, juvenile, probate); June 2, 2020 (protective face coverings in court facilities); June 15, 2020 (civil, criminal, juvenile, family and probate proceedings under Level 2 restrictions); probate letters of Apr. 22 and June 16, 2020 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-050)
Supreme Court of Missouri, Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. MO-063)
Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida, Administrative Order No. AOSC20-23 (original) (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. FL-066)
Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General Division, Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-029)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, by order of the Chief Judge, Order (filed Apr. 10, 2020): the Court will not administer the July 2020 Bar Exam (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-038)
Supreme Court of Kansas (per curiam), Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council, No. 122,765 (Kan. Apr. 11, 2020) (original action in quo warranto; quo warranto granted in part) (Ex. DUT-KS-020)
Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman; approved by the Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.) April 14, 2020, Amended Standing Order CIV 20-4 Regarding Declaration of Public Health Emergency in Minnehaha County (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. SD-048)
Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of Colorado, Updated Orders Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State Courts of Apr. 16, May 5, June 15 and July 24, 2020 (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. CO-099)
Utah Supreme Court, Order for Temporary Amendments to Bar Admission Procedures During COVID-19 Outbreak (emergency diploma privilege with 360 hours of supervised practice) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-019)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. VT-050)
Supreme Court of South Carolina, Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01) (Ex. SC-048)
Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Modifying Suspension of In-Person Court Proceedings and Further Extension of Deadlines (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. TN-045)
Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Third Emergency Joint Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (SCAD 2020-36) (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. OK-051)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 5: Use of Face Masks/Coverings in Court Facilities (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-047)

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