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Ex. MET-HOU-053Amended Order of the Harris County Local Administrative Judge Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsAmended Order Concerning Additional Health and Safety ProtocolsHarris County Local Administrative Judge Robert K. SchafferHarris County, Texas (all courthouses)CourtAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-055Amended Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Adopting New Policies, Procedures and Requirements Concerning the Wearing of Face Coverings in Designated Travis County Facilities (August 24, 2021)Face coverings required of County employees and members of the public entering or inside designated Travis County facilities (amending…Travis County Commissioners CourtTravis County, Texas (designated County facilities)CountyAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-063Release: Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor's Mask Mandate ProhibitionHarris County Attorney release on the Attorney General's court filingsHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TX-046Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court of Appeals' Rule 29.3 order of August 19, 2021Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-062Release: Travis County Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Favor of Harris County in Mask Mandate LawsuitHarris County Attorney release on the Aug. 27, 2021 temporary injunctionHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-086Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118Forty-Second Emergency Order (renewing the Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order on the Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-095Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CVFifth Court of Appeals order refusing to stop enforcement of the Dallas and Richardson ISD face-covering rules (Sept. 27, 2021)Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell)Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)CourtSept. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-054Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanHarris County Local Administrative District JudgeHarris County, Texas (all courts)CourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-071Misc. Docket No. 21-9119, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterForty-Third Emergency Order (Oct. 1-Dec. 1, 2021)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-065Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-066Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9139 (Eviction Diversion Program after TDHCA closure)Forty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtNov. 10, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-096Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CV, 665 S.W.3d 675 (Tex. App.--Dallas Nov. 22, 2021) (Nowell, J.), vacated (Tex. June 30, 2023)Fifth Court of Appeals opinion (Nowell, J.) affirming the temporary injunction against GA-38 in favor of Dallas County (Nov. 22, 2021)Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Opinion by Justice Nowell)Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)CourtNov. 22, 2021Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-067Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9145Forty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtNov. 23, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-060Abbott v. Harris County, No. 03-21-00429-CV, 641 S.W.3d 514 (Tex. App.-Austin Jan. 6, 2022) (opinion affirming temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third District of TexasTexas (Third Court of Appeals, Austin)CourtJan. 6, 2022Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-097Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 21-1080 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunction)Supreme Court of Texas opinion in Abbott v. Jenkins (June 30, 2023)Supreme Court of Texas (Opinion by Justice Blacklock)Texas (Supreme Court of Texas)CourtJune 30, 2023Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-061Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris CountySupreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)Texas (Supreme Court)CourtJune 30, 2023Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-086Temporary Standing Orders Regarding DFPS Visitation (COVID-19)District courts' temporary standing orders on DFPS visitation during COVID-19 (Apr. 2020)Denton County District CourtsDenton County, TexasCourt2020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-099COVID-19 Operating Plan, Collin County Court System (2020)Collin County court system COVID-19 operating plan (2020)Collin County Court SystemCollin County, TexasCourt2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source

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