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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-009Press release cancelling trial sessions (Mar. 11, 2020)Press Release: cancellation of trial sessions of March 16, 17, 23 and 30, 2020United States Tax Court (Chief Judge Maurice B. Foley), Public Affairs OfficeUnited States Tax Court (nationwide; trial sessions in 74 cities)CourtMar. 11, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020)COVID-19 AnnouncementsSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Supreme Court of the United StatesCourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-007Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (No. S-20-247)First statewide administrative order: exclusion of exposed, quarantined, symptomatic and recently travelled persons from court proceedings…Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme CourtNebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. FED-290Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public)Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further noticeSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Supreme Court of the United StatesCourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144)Persons diagnosed with, exposed to or symptomatic of coronavirus, persons asked to self-quarantine, and persons who had travelled to China…Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020)Restricting Public Access to the National Courts BuildingChief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, Washington, D.C.; shared with the Court of Federal Claims)CourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-279Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access)Order restricting access to the James R. Browning, William K. Nakamura, Pioneer and Richard H. Chambers United States CourthousesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer)United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Pasadena courthouses)CourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-KC-051Administrative Order 2020-059 (Amended)In re: COVID-19 Notice - persons barred from entering the Jackson County Courthouse and its DivisionsPresiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri (Jackson County)CourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-010Administrative Order 20-01 (In the Matter of the Eighth Judicial District Court's Response to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19))Administrative Order 20-01Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell, Eighth Judicial District Court, with Chief Justice Kristina Pickering, Nevada Supreme CourtClark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SD-047Standing Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Safety MeasuresStanding Order Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Safety MeasuresPresiding Judge Robin J. Houwman, Second Judicial CircuitSecond Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties)CourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-037General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency MeasuresAll matters in all Districts and Divisions rescheduled and continued 30 days; judges and employees to work remotely; Sheriff to cease…Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. IL-062M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency (order of March 17, 2020)Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency: temporary procedures; essential matters remote where feasible; non-essential matters…Supreme Court of IllinoisIllinois (all appellate and circuit courts)CourtMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NM-004Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-002In the Matter of Precautionary Measures for Court Operations in the New Mexico Judiciary During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencySupreme Court of New Mexico (Nakamura, C.J.)New MexicoCourtMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Gathering capTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM)Press Release: 'the United States Tax Court building is closed'United States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-077Supreme Judicial Court Order in re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic (March 17, 2020) (OE-144)Statewide order closing Massachusetts courthouses to the public except for emergency matters that cannot be resolved remotely, continuing…Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)CourtMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAC-044Order, Temporary Court Closure, Court-Declared Holiday March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020Order: Temporary Court Closure; Court-Declared Holiday - March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourtMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-075Administrative Order AO/78/20No papers accepted for filing by any county clerk or court in any matter not on the list of essential matters (criminal arraignments and…Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. MarksNew York State Unified Court System (statewide, including the New York City courts)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All CourtsAll courthouses and administrative offices closed to the public from March 23 to April 15, 2020; essential matters only, remotely where…Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.)Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-284Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042In re: Coronavirus Public Emergency - Activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (courthouses closed)Chief Judge Virginia A. PhillipsUnited States District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Riverside)CourtMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-310Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02In re: Restrictions on Visitors to CourthousesChief Judge James K. BredarUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore, Greenbelt)CourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
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-PIT-017Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020)In re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan, Administrative Docket, Order of CourtCourt of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtMar. 26, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-017Amended Standing Order No. 4 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresCivil jury trials suspended through May 29, 2020; non-essential civil and criminal matters postponed; essential matters by video and…Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-045Order, Court Closure Extension, April 1, 2020 to April 16, 2020 (dated Mar. 30, 2020)Order: Court Closure Extension - April 1, 2020 to April 16, 2020Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. RI-081Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-07COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Closure of Newport and Washington County CourthousesRhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)Rhode IslandCourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read