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Ex. SD-059Fourth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order #2 Re: COVID-19 Pandemic ResponseAdministrative Order #2 Re: COVID-19 Pandemic ResponsePresiding Judge Michael W. DayFourth Judicial CircuitCourtMar. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-003Joint Administrative Order re Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19In re: Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell)Hamilton County, OhioCourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-041Order, In re Public Notice of COVID-19 Related Courthouse-Entry Screening, CM 2020-48700Order directing courthouse-entry screening and posting of notice (effective April 27, 2020)Circuit Court of Fairfax CountyFairfax County, VirginiaCourtApr. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-074Order (filed May 4, 2020): Uniform Bar Examination rescheduled to Sept. 9-10, 2020 'pandemic-related conditions and restrictions permitting'; social distancing to limit seating; masks required; temperature and screening; priority registration for 2019-2020 graduatesOrder of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (May 4, 2020) regarding rescheduling the bar examDistrict of Columbia Court of AppealsDistrict of Columbia; District of Columbia Court of AppealsCourtMay 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MI-025Administrative Order No. 2020-14Continued Status Quo Court Operations and Phased Return to Full Court OperationsMichigan Supreme CourtMichiganCourtMay 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-039September 2020 Uniform Bar Exam Information (priority registration May 18-28, 2020; exam Sept. 9-10, 2020; restricted seating under social distancing)September 2020 Uniform Bar Exam InformationD.C. Court of Appeals Committee on AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia; D.C. Court of Appeals Committee on AdmissionsCourtMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-013Court of Common Pleas COVID-19 page (Justice Center building access, health screening, face coverings, courtroom caps, jury-trial suspension) as of July 1, 2020COVID-19 | CCCCP (court operations page)Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Administrative and Presiding Judge Brendan J. Sheehan)Cuyahoga County, OhioCourtJuly 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-018Order Regarding Continuity of Operations to Maximize Social Distancing Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Order Regarding Continuity of Operations to Maximize Social Distancing Due to COVID-19 PandemicJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General DivisionCuyahoga County, OhioCourtMay 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-011Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills, No. 2:20-cv-00176-LEW, ECF No. 20 (D. Me. May 29, 2020), reported at 463 F. Supp. 3d 22Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills: order refusing preliminary injunction against the 14-day self-quarantine requirement of Executive Order…Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District JudgeUnited States District Court for the District of MaineCourtMay 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-086COVID-19 Operating Plan for the Hays County JudiciaryOperating plan for the Hays County courts (remote proceedings; no non-essential in-person proceedings before June 1, 2020; staff face…Hays County judiciary (local administrative district judge and courts of Hays County)Hays County, Texas (county judiciary)CourtJune 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-004Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered May 29, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal CourtHamilton County, OhioCourtMay 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-014Administrative Order 20-17 (All Court Operations in Response to COVID-19)Administrative Order 20-17Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice Kristina Pickering (joint order)Clark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District)CourtJune 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-048Amended 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 BancCriminal District Court for the Parish of OrleansCourtMay 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. LA-063Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020Order: in-person court capacity 50%; evictions remain suspended by executive actionSupreme Court of LouisianaLouisianaCourtJune 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-068Order 2020-007 (COVID-19 Phase II)24th JDC Phase II: courthouse open June 5, 2020 with courtrooms limited to 12 persons; civil matters by Zoom; jury trials to recommence July…Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach24th Judicial District Court, Parish of JeffersonCourtJune 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048Administrative 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 DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJune 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-020Order 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, 2020Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-020Atlanta 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 ProceedingsChief 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)CourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-041Protocol 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 CourtOakland County, Michigan (Sixth Judicial Circuit)CourtJune 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KS-065Administrative Order 2020-PR-062Re: Returning Judiciary Workforce Back to Buildings (telework; travel quarantine)Kansas Supreme CourtKansasCourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Telework mandateTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-010Joint Amended Administrative Order, No. M200001 (entered June 17, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations and Access Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal CourtHamilton County, OhioCourtJune 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-010Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (June 30, 2020)Statewide administrative order continuing the exclusion categories and requiring courts holding in-person proceedings to adopt screening…Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme CourtNebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtJune 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-HI-015Order Denying Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause Why Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue, Carmichael v. Ige, Civil No. 20-00273 JAO-WRP, ECF No. 47 (D. Haw. July 2, 2020)Carmichael v. Ige, Order Denying Plaintiffs' Application for Temporary Restraining OrderUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Otake, J.Hawaii (United States District Court for the District of Hawaii)CourtJuly 2, 20202020 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-050Administrative Order No. 8: Extension of Judicial EmergencyFourth 30-day extension effective July 8, 2020; courts to remain in Phase 2; no entry into Phase 3 'until medical experts believe it is…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJuly 6, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-019Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Tigges v. Northam, No. 3:20-cv-00410-JAG (E.D. Va.), Document 13 (filed July 8, 2020), 35 pagesOpposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Tigges v. Northam, Civil Action No. 3:20-cv-00410-JAG (E.D. Va. July 8, 2020)Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General (Michelle S. Kallen and Toby J. Heytens), for Governor Northam and State Health Commissioner OliverVirginia (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division)CourtJuly 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capOtherPrimary source read