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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. 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. 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. ECO-C-054	Judicial Conference finding of March 29, 2020 under CARES Act § 15002 (announced March 31, 2020)Judiciary Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 Pandemic	Judicial Conference of the United States (Administrative Office release)	United States (federal judiciary)Court	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
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. 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. 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. 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. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072	Administrative Order 2020-02, 'Conducting Oral Arguments' (May 18, 2020)Administrative Order 2020-02: Conducting Oral Arguments	Chief Judge Sharon Prost	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (all cases)Court	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-054	Administrative Order re Hennepin County District Courthouse Access (Transitional Phase)Order re Access to Judicial District Courthouses (Transitional Phase)	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Chief Judge Ivy S. Bernhardson)	Hennepin County (Fourth Judicial District)Court	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-007	Amato v. Elicker, No. 3:20-cv-464 (MPS), ECF No. 32, Ruling on Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (D. Conn. May 19, 2020), reported at 460 F. Supp. 3d 202Amato v. Elicker: ruling denying a New Haven restaurant's motion to enjoin Executive Orders 7, 7D, 7G and 7N	United States District Court, D. Conn. (Shea, J.)	Connecticut (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut)Court	May 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. FL-067	Administrative Order No. AOSC20-32In re: COVID-19 Public Health and Safety Precautions for Phase 2	Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida	Florida (all State courts)Court	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005	Administrative Order No. 2020-02Remote Court Proceedings During COVID-19 Pandemic	Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley, United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-014	Press release announcing remote proceedings (May 29, 2020)Press Release: Court proceedings will be conducted remotely until further notice	United States Tax Court	United States Tax CourtCourt	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-014	Administrative Order 20-17 (All Court Operations in Response to COVID-19)Administrative Order 20-17	Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice Kristina Pickering (joint order)	Clark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District)Court	June 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	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. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060	Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam)In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana - Order adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana	Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices)	Montana; Supreme Court of Montana (bar admission)Court	June 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-041	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-05Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (return to Phase 1)	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties)Court	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NM-025	Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-025 with attached New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols (Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1-3)In the Matter of the Safe and Effective Administration of the New Mexico Judiciary During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Supreme Court of New Mexico	New MexicoCourt	July 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	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)
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)
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)
Judicial Conference of the United States (Administrative Office release), Judicial Conference finding of March 29, 2020 under CARES Act § 15002 (announced March 31, 2020) (Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-054)
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)
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)
Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar), Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. VT-050)
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)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost, Administrative Order 2020-02, 'Conducting Oral Arguments' (May 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072)
Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Chief Judge Ivy S. Bernhardson), Administrative Order re Hennepin County District Courthouse Access (Transitional Phase) (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-054)
United States District Court, D. Conn. (Shea, J.), Amato v. Elicker, No. 3:20-cv-464 (MPS), ECF No. 32, Ruling on Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (D. Conn. May 19, 2020), reported at 460 F. Supp. 3d 202 (Ex. DUT-CT-007)
Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida, Administrative Order No. AOSC20-32 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. FL-067)
Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley, United States Tax Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-02 (May 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005)
United States Tax Court, Press release announcing remote proceedings (May 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-014)
Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice Kristina Pickering (joint order), Administrative Order 20-17 (All Court Operations in Response to COVID-19) (June 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-014)
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)
Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices), Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060)
Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr, Administrative Order No. 2020-06-05 (June 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-ORL-041)
Supreme Court of New Mexico, Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-025 with attached New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols (Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1-3) (July 6, 2020) (Ex. NM-025)

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