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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-ATL-033	Order Declaring Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Judicial Emergency, No. 20-1-0005 (Cobb Super. Ct.)Order Declaring Judicial Emergency (Cobb Judicial Circuit)	Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County	Cobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)Court	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts 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. SEC-12-034	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020), as amendedStatewide Judicial Emergency	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-059	Order declaring a judicial emergency for all courts in Clayton County (Mar. 16-Apr. 13, 2020)Clayton County Judicial Circuit order halts jury trials and civil or non-essential matters	Chief Judge Geronda V. Carter, Superior Court of Clayton County	Clayton County, Georgia (Clayton Judicial Circuit)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-135	Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (first extension)First extension of the Statewide Judicial Emergency (to May 13, 2020)	Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)	GeorgiaCourt	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-035	Second Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencySecond Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (filed May 11, 2020)	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	Georgia (statewide; posted by Cobb County for the Cobb Judicial Circuit)Court	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts 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-ATL-036	Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Courthouse Safety Guidelines, No. 20-1-0005Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency	Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County	Cobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)Court	June 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. FED-316	Fourth Amendment to General Order 20-01In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (General Order 20-01, Fourth Amendment)	Chief Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.	United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta, Gainesville, Newnan, Rome)Court	July 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts 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. MET-ATL-028	Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential Matters (July 10, 2020)Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential Matters	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	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. GA-063	Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyReimposition of litigant deadlines effective July 14, 2020, excepting jury and grand jury deadlines	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	July 10, 2020	2020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-029	Letter of the Chief Magistrate regarding dispossessory (eviction) cases and small claims, July 14, 2020Chief Magistrate's letter: no eviction hearings or writs of possession since March 14, 2020; landlord/tenant and small-claims calendars…	Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan F. Murphy, Magistrate Court of Cobb County	Cobb County, Georgia (Magistrate Court)Court	July 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-004	Order for Mediation, Kemp v. Bottoms et al., Civil Action File No. 2020cv338387Order for Mediation (Gov. Brian P. Kemp v. Hon. Keisha Lance Bottoms, Felicia Moore and the members of the Atlanta City Council)	Judge Jane C. Barwick, Superior Court of Fulton County	Fulton County, Georgia (Superior Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit)Court	July 22, 2020	2020 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. GA-064	Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trialsStatewide suspension of jury trials during the winter surge	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Dec. 22, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-037	Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County)Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings	State Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed)	Cobb County, Georgia (State Court)Court	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-137	Eleventh Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyEleventh extension of the Statewide Judicial Emergency (recites the ten prior extensions; jury trials resume under local plans)	Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)	GeorgiaCourt	Feb. 7, 2021	2021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. GA-065	Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyFinal extension; expiry of the statewide judicial emergency at 11:59 P.M. June 30, 2021; jury and grand jury deadlines remain tolled	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	June 7, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-051	Local Judicial Emergency Order (In Re: Local Judicial Emergency Order), filed in the Supreme Court of Georgia July 1, 2021Declaration of local judicial emergency upon expiration of the Statewide Judicial Emergency	Chief Judge, Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit	Georgia (Augusta Judicial Circuit; Richmond County)Court	July 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. GA-053	Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Dougherty County)	Superior Court of Dougherty County	Georgia (Dougherty Judicial Circuit; Dougherty County / Albany)Court	July 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. GA-052	Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Muscogee County)	Superior Court of Muscogee County (all active Superior Court Judges of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit)	Georgia (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; Muscogee County / Columbus)Court	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-052	Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 2021), as amended Aug. 2, 2021 (AMENDED_ORDER_DECLARING_JUDICIAL_EMERGENCY_080221.pdf)Local Order Issued Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit	Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton County	Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit)Court	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-054	Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b)Speedy-trial tolling order following the statewide judicial emergency (Crisp County)	Superior Court of Crisp County	Georgia (Cordele Judicial Circuit; Crisp County)Court	July 8, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-017	Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022)Opinion reversing the denial of a motion to dismiss: negligence claims for a senior-living facility's March 2020 infection-control conduct…	Court of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps)	Georgia (Court of Appeals of Georgia, Third Division)Court	June 22, 2022		Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read

Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County, Order Declaring Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Judicial Emergency, No. 20-1-0005 (Cobb Super. Ct.) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-033)
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 Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020), as amended (Ex. SEC-12-034)
Chief Judge Geronda V. Carter, Superior Court of Clayton County, Order declaring a judicial emergency for all courts in Clayton County (Mar. 16-Apr. 13, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-059)
Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton), Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (first extension) (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-135)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Second Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (May 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-035)
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)
Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County, Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Courthouse Safety Guidelines, No. 20-1-0005 (June 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-036)
Chief Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr, Fourth Amendment to General Order 20-01 (July 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-316)
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)
Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb County, Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential Matters (July 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-028)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (July 10, 2020) (Ex. GA-063)
Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan F. Murphy, Magistrate Court of Cobb County, Letter of the Chief Magistrate regarding dispossessory (eviction) cases and small claims, July 14, 2020 (Ex. MET-ATL-029)
Judge Jane C. Barwick, Superior Court of Fulton County, Order for Mediation, Kemp v. Bottoms et al., Civil Action File No. 2020cv338387 (July 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-004)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order of December 22, 2020 (Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, as amended) suspending jury trials (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. GA-064)
State Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed), Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County) (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-037)
Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton), Eleventh Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (Feb. 7, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-137)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Fifteenth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (June 7, 2021) (Ex. GA-065)
Chief Judge, Superior Court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, Local Judicial Emergency Order (In Re: Local Judicial Emergency Order), filed in the Supreme Court of Georgia July 1, 2021 (Ex. GA-051)
Superior Court of Dougherty County, Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 16, 2021) (Ex. GA-053)
Superior Court of Muscogee County (all active Superior Court Judges of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 30, 2021) (Ex. GA-052)
Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton County, Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 2021), as amended Aug. 2, 2021 (AMENDED_ORDER_DECLARING_JUDICIAL_EMERGENCY_080221.pdf) (July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-ATL-052)
Superior Court of Crisp County, Order Granting Relief from Statutory Speedy Trial Requirements Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 38-3-62(b) (July 8, 2021) (Ex. GA-054)
Court of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps), Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022) (Ex. DUT-GA-017)

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