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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-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. 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. 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. 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. 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-PDX-050Index of Presiding Judge Orders on court operations during COVID-19: Mar. 27, 2020 (parenting time); Apr. 10, 2020 (civil trials; criminal proceedings; family, juvenile and probate proceedings during the pandemic); Apr. 21, 2020 (supplemental family, juvenile, probate); June 2, 2020 (protective face coverings in court facilities); June 15, 2020 (civil, criminal, juvenile, family and probate proceedings under Level 2 restrictions); probate letters of Apr. 22 and June 16, 2020Court Operations During Covid-19: Judicial Orders and Information (Multnomah County Circuit Court)Presiding Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Chief Probate JudgeMultnomah County Circuit Court (Fourth Judicial District), OregonCourtJuly 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MO-063Orders of April 1, 2020 (extension of the suspension of in-person proceedings) and May 4, 2020 (Operational Directives for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions on In-Person Proceedings)Extension of the statewide suspension; phased operational directives with gateway criteria, distancing and masksSupreme Court of MissouriMissouri (all State courts)CourtApr. 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-008Administrative Order of the Chief Justice, In re Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 Disease (second order)Second statewide administrative order, reciting that all 93 counties were under Directed Health Measures and re-imposing the exclusion and…Chief Justice Michael G. Heavican, Nebraska Supreme CourtNebraska Supreme Court (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SD-048Amended Standing Order CIV 20-4 Regarding Declaration of Public Health Emergency in Minnehaha CountyStanding Order Regarding Declaration of Public Health Emergency in Minnehaha CountyPresiding Judge Robin J. Houwman; approved by the Supreme Court (Gilbertson, C.J.) April 14, 2020Second Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha County)CourtApr. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-050Eighth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated April 21, 2020)Masks required in Judiciary buildings; remote hearings expanded; parent-child contact emergenciesVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtApr. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AR-021In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 15, 2020 with a ten-person courtroom limit and face coveringsSupreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtApr. 23, 20202020 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. HI-035Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending the Mar. 16 and Mar. 20 orders through May 29, 2020, expanding remote proceedings and restricting entry to judiciary…Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldHawaiiCourtApr. 27, 20202020 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. OK-051Third Emergency Joint Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (SCAD 2020-36)Transition from shelter in place: jury trials rescheduled to after July 31, 2020; deadlines resume May 16; non-jury hearings may be set…Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal AppealsOklahomaCourtApr. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-047Administrative Order No. 5: Use of Face Masks/Coverings in Court FacilitiesFace coverings required for court staff, lawyers, litigants, jurors, contractors, vendors and all visitors in common and public areas of…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtApr. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-044Announcement: Effective immediately, a mask is required for entry into the courthouseMask required for courthouse entry; only parties to a case (and minor children) admitted36th District Court (Detroit)City of Detroit, Michigan (36th District Court)CourtMay 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary 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. MET-RIV-034General Order 2020-21 Re: Face Coverings and Physical DistancingGeneral Order 2020-21 (filed May 6, 2020)Presiding Judge John W. VineyardSuperior Court of California, County of RiversideCourtMay 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-052Administrative Order No. 2020-75Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (Replacing AO…Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtMay 8, 20202020 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SFO-062General Order Regarding Face Coverings Required in CourthousesGeneral Order requiring all persons entering the courthouses to wear a face covering in all public areas and shared work spacesPresiding Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraSuperior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraCourtMay 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-049Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02)Resumption of evictions and foreclosures May 15, 2020 with CARES Act certificationChief Justice Donald W. BeattySouth CarolinaCourtApr. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-017Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-017In the Matter of the Use of Protective Face Coverings in New Mexico Courts During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencySupreme Court of New MexicoNew MexicoCourtMay 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read

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