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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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. MI-025	Administrative Order No. 2020-14Continued Status Quo Court Operations and Phased Return to Full Court Operations	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	May 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-013	Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills: order refusing a temporary restraining order against the ten-person gathering limit as applied to worship	Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	May 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-013	Court 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, OhioCourt	July 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-018	Order 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 Pandemic	Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division	Cuyahoga County, OhioCourt	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. LA-063	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020Order: in-person court capacity 50%; evictions remain suspended by executive action	Supreme Court of Louisiana	LouisianaCourt	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048	Administrative 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 Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-020	Order 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, 2020	Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-020	Atlanta 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 Proceedings	Chief 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)Court	June 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-041	Protocol 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 Court	Oakland County, Michigan (Sixth Judicial Circuit)Court	June 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-027	Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the Courthouse (July 2020)Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the Courthouse	Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County	Cobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)Court	July 10, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-014	Legacy 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)Court	July 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-014	Order 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 Judge	United States District Court for the District of MaineCourt	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032	General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020)Resumption of operations from July 6, 2020 with all matters by videoconference to the extent reasonably possible, no jury trials, remote…	Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County	Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and suburban Cook County; the largest unified trial court in the United States)Court	Sept. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-024	Amended 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 Judge	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)Court	Aug. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-027	Release: Delaware Judiciary unveils plan to resume jury trials in October, extends emergency until Oct. 5, 2020Release announcing the jury-trial resumption plan (modified Phase 3 from October 2020; facilities to 75 percent capacity) and the extension…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	Sept. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-052	Administrative Order No. 10: Extension of Judicial Emergency (with the Jury Management Plan as Exhibit 1)Sixth 30-day extension effective Sept. 6, 2020; Phase 2 continued in September; modified Phase 3 from Oct. 5, 2020 with courthouses open to…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Sept. 4, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-069	Order 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 Kovach	24th Judicial District Court, Parish of JeffersonCourt	Sept. 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSY-070	Order 2020-015 (Jury Trials)24th JDC jury-trial order: trials may recommence September 14, 2020 with one venire of 50 per day, Monday-Thursday, prioritization 30 days…	Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach	24th Judicial District Court, Parish of JeffersonCourt	Oct. 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-021	Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Resumption of Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Resumption of Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic	Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division	Cuyahoga County, OhioCourt	Sept. 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053	Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial EmergencySeventh 30-day extension effective Oct. 6, 2020; Phase 3 commenced Oct. 5, 2020; audiovisual proceedings; Speedy Trial Guidelines tolled; AO…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DC-013	Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 1:20-cv-02710 (TNM), Memorandum Opinion, ECF No. 43 (D.D.C. Oct. 9, 2020), 496 F. Supp. 3d 284Memorandum Opinion granting a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the District's gathering restrictions as applied to the Church's…	United States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.)	District of ColumbiaCourt	Oct. 9, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-023	Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 20-cv-2710, 496 F. Supp. 3d 284 (ECF No. 43)Memorandum Opinion granting preliminary injunction	United States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.)	District of ColumbiaCourt	Oct. 9, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-019	Columbus Ale House, Inc. v. Cuomo, No. 1:20-cv-04291-BMC, Doc. 20 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 16, 2020) (memorandum decision and order denying preliminary injunction against the midnight closing rule for New York City food service establishments)Memorandum Decision and Order, Columbus Ale House, Inc. d/b/a The Graham v. Andrew M. Cuomo	Hon. Brian M. Cogan, U.S.D.J.	New York (United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York)Court	Oct. 16, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyCapacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. SD-049	Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security Measures, CIV. 20-4 (October 20, 2020)Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security Measures	Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman	Second Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties)Court	Oct. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read

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)
Michigan Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-14 (May 6, 2020) (Ex. MI-025)
Hon. Nancy Torresen, U.S. District Judge, Order on Plaintiff's Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Calvary Chapel of Bangor v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00156-NT, ECF No. 27 (D. Me. May 9, 2020), reported at 459 F. Supp. 3d 273 (Ex. DUT-ME-013)
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Administrative and Presiding Judge Brendan J. Sheehan), Court of Common Pleas COVID-19 page (Justice Center building access, health screening, face coverings, courtroom caps, jury-trial suspension) as of July 1, 2020 (Ex. MET-CLE-013)
Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, Order Regarding Continuity of Operations to Maximize Social Distancing Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (May 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-018)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020 (Ex. LA-063)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 7 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 8, 2020; adoption of the four-phase Courts Reopening Plan) (June 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks) (Ex. MET-PIT-020)
Chief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court), Atlanta 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, 2020 (Ex. MET-ATL-020)
Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Protocol Order During COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (June 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-041)
Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County, Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the Courthouse (July 2020) (July 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-027)
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Browning, J.), Legacy Church, Inc. v. Kunkel, No. CIV 20-0327 JB/SCY, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 80 (D.N.M. July 13, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-014)
Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District Judge, Order 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 16 (Ex. DUT-ME-014)
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-02: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Resumption of Operations (eff. Aug. 21, 2020, as amended Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-032)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended 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 Actions (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-024)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Judiciary unveils plan to resume jury trials in October, extends emergency until Oct. 5, 2020 (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-027)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 10: Extension of Judicial Emergency (with the Jury Management Plan as Exhibit 1) (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-052)
Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach, Order 2020-013 (COVID-19 Phase III) (Sept. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSY-069)
Chief Judge Ellen Shirer Kovach, Order 2020-015 (Jury Trials) (Oct. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSY-070)
Judges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, Updated Order Regarding Continuity of Operations and Resumption of Jury Trials Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry) (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-021)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053)
United States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.), Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 1:20-cv-02710 (TNM), Memorandum Opinion, ECF No. 43 (D.D.C. Oct. 9, 2020), 496 F. Supp. 3d 284 (Ex. DUT-DC-013)
United States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.), Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 20-cv-2710, 496 F. Supp. 3d 284 (ECF No. 43) (Oct. 9, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-023)
Hon. Brian M. Cogan, U.S.D.J, Columbus Ale House, Inc. v. Cuomo, No. 1:20-cv-04291-BMC, Doc. 20 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 16, 2020) (memorandum decision and order denying preliminary injunction against the midnight closing rule for New York City food service establishments) (Ex. DUT-NY-019)
Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman, Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security Measures, CIV. 20-4 (October 20, 2020) (Oct. 20, 2020) (Ex. SD-049)

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