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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. AGY-ST-COURTS-051Administrative Order No. 9: Extension of Judicial EmergencyFifth 30-day extension effective Aug. 7, 2020; Phase 2 continued; Phase 3 deferred citing 'new quarantine requirements by other states, and…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtAug. 5, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-021Order 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 DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (Chief Justice; statewide)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-059Administrative Order No. 19 (April 30, 2021): Extension of Judicial Emergency; Phase 3 to commence June 1, 2021, with an updated Jury Management Plan (Exhibit 1)Fourteenth extension; direction that Phase 3 of the Reopening Plan, as modified, commence June 1, 2021 with jury trialsChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtApr. 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-048Administrative 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 DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJune 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-052Administrative Order No. 10: Extension of Judicial Emergency (with the Jury Management Plan as Exhibit 1)Sixth 30-day extension effective Sept. 6, 2020; Phase 2 continued in September; modified Phase 3 from Oct. 5, 2020 with courthouses open to…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtSept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial EmergencySeventh 30-day extension effective Oct. 6, 2020; Phase 3 commenced Oct. 5, 2020; audiovisual proceedings; Speedy Trial Guidelines tolled; AO…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtOct. 2, 20202020 Q4Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-055Administrative Order No. 12: Extension of Judicial Emergency (Nov. 4, 2020)Eighth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency (early November 2020)Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtNov. 4, 20202020 Q4Emergency declarationCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060Administrative Order No. 21 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 3, 2021; Phase 3 from June 1, 2021)Fifteenth 30-day extension; Phase 3 (jury trials) from June 1, 2021; staffing to 100 percent from July 6, 2021; audiovisual proceedings…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-050Administrative Order No. 8: Extension of Judicial EmergencyFourth 30-day extension effective July 8, 2020; courts to remain in Phase 2; no entry into Phase 3 'until medical experts believe it is…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJuly 6, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-056Administrative Order No. 14: Extension of Judicial Emergency (December 2020)Ninth 30-day extension of the judicial emergency; Phase 2 continuedChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtDec. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-057Administrative Order No. 15: Extension of Judicial Emergency (January 2021)Tenth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continued (jury trials remained postponed)Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court2021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-058Administrative Order No. 17: Extension of Judicial Emergency (March 2021)Twelfth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continuedChief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court2021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061Administrative Order No. 22 (extension of the judicial emergency until 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021)Sixteenth and final extension: judicial emergency continued to 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021; audiovisual proceedings and tolling of the Speedy…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtJune 29, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062Administrative Order of August 11, 2021 (universal masking in judicial facilities; weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial officers and employees)Q3 2021 Delta-wave order: face masks for all persons entering any judicial facility regardless of vaccination status from Aug. 16, 2021…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-054Administrative Order No. 13: Return to Phase 2 of the Reopening PlanWinter 2020 re-tightening: courts returned to Phase 2 from Nov. 16, 2020 (jury trials postponed; capacity to 50 percent; ten visitors per…Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of DelawareSupreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtNov. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read