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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-DFW-097	Opinion, 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)Court	June 30, 2023		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061	Board of Law Examiners 'All Announcements' page (archived Oct. 18, 2020): Supreme Court order cancelling the July 2020 in-person exam, in-person Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam with hotel-room assignments, remote Oct. 5-6, 2020 exam, acceptance of remote scores of 270 from other UBE jurisdictions (Aug. 24, 2020)Texas Board of Law Examiners - All Announcements (2020 bar exam chronology)	Texas Board of Law Examiners	Texas; Board of Law Examiners (agency of the Supreme Court of Texas)Court	July 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041	Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020)Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas	Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	June 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040	Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement)Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates…	Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-071	In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 orderIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0720 (stay order)	Supreme Court of Texas	Supreme Court of TexasCourt	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-075	Opinion, Greg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and Bexar County, No. 21-1079, vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunctionAbbott v. City of San Antonio and Bexar County, No. 21-1079 (Tex. June 30, 2023)	Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)	Supreme Court of TexasCourt	June 30, 2023		Other	Primary source read
Ex. TX-046	Stay 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, 2021	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-067	Misc. Docket No. 20-9135, Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterTwenty-Ninth Emergency Order (no justice or municipal court jury proceedings before Feb. 1, 2021; district-court jury proceedings only under…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Nov. 11, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-069	In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the TROIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0687 (stay order)	Supreme Court of Texas	Supreme Court of TexasCourt	Aug. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. TX-060	Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Sept. 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-072	Order Dissolving Collin County District Court COVID Emergency OrdersOrder dissolving all Collin County district court COVID emergency orders (May 27, 2021)	Collin County District Courts (Local Administrative District Judge Emily Miskel, on behalf of thirteen district courts)	Collin County, TexasCourt	May 27, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-084	General Order: Court Operations in Williamson County Family Courts Under the 2020 State of Disaster COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus (filed March 31, 2020)General Order continuing all family-court jury trials through June 30, 2020, barring in-person courthouse visits without prior…	Judges of the 368th, 395th and 425th District Courts and County Courts at Law One, Three and Four of Williamson County	Williamson County, Texas (368th, 395th and 425th District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 1, 3 and 4; family courts)Court	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-041	Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9078 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	July 19, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-086	COVID-19 Operating Plan for the Hays County JudiciaryOperating plan for the Hays County courts (remote proceedings; no non-essential in-person proceedings before June 1, 2020; staff face…	Hays County judiciary (local administrative district judge and courts of Hays County)	Hays County, Texas (county judiciary)Court	June 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-099	COVID-19 Operating Plan, Collin County Court System (2020)Collin County court system COVID-19 operating plan (2020)	Collin County Court System	Collin County, TexasCourt		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-061	Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction)Opinion, Abbott v. Harris County	Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)	Texas (Supreme Court)Court	June 30, 2023		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-063	Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	Mar. 5, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-061	Misc. Docket No. 20-9042, First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterFirst Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas (joint with the Court of Criminal Appeals, Misc. Docket No. 20-007)	TexasCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-048	Revised Order: Court Operations effective March 24, 2020Revised Order (Court Operations)	Harris County (Office of the County Engineer, for the courts)	Harris County, Texas (district and county courts)Court	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-076	Opinion, Greg Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023), holding the Disaster Act authorized GA-38's prohibition of local mask requirementsAbbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023)	Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.; Lehrmann, J., concurring)	Supreme Court of TexasCourt	June 30, 2023		Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-072	Fifth Order Regarding Court Proceedings Pending COVID-19 State of Emergency (eviction cases)Fifth Order Regarding Court Proceedings Pending COVID-19 State of Emergency	The Justices of the Peace of Bexar County (Tejeda, Rodriguez, Vazquez, Wentworth, Lopez)	Justice of the Peace Courts, Bexar County, TexasCourt	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. TX-048	First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Tex.) and No. 20-007 (Tex. Crim. App.)First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals (joint order)	TexasCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-021	In re Abbott, No. 20-50264 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020) (published), 954 F.3d 772In re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of Texas, et al. (petition for writ of mandamus; GA-09)	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Duncan, J., joined by Elrod, J.; Dennis, J., dissenting)	Texas (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)Court	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-069	Misc. Docket No. 21-9060, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Eighth Emergency Order (in force June 1-Aug. 1, 2021: remote participation; local health protocols; jury proceedings under approved…	Supreme Court of Texas	TexasCourt	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-083	General Order Regarding Setting Hearings in a Virtual Courtroom Environment Under the 2020 State of Disaster COVID-19 and Related CoronavirusGeneral Order requiring hearings to be held by virtual courtroom technologies (CourtCall or Microsoft Teams)	Hon. Betsy F. Lambeth, 425th District Court	Williamson County, Texas (425th Judicial District Court)Court	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read

Supreme Court of Texas (Opinion by Justice Blacklock), Opinion, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 21-1080 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunction) (Ex. MET-DFW-097)
Texas Board of Law Examiners, Board of Law Examiners 'All Announcements' page (archived Oct. 18, 2020): Supreme Court order cancelling the July 2020 in-person exam, in-person Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam with hotel-room assignments, remote Oct. 5-6, 2020 exam, acceptance of remote scores of 270 from other UBE jurisdictions (Aug. 24, 2020) (July 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061)
Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices), Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020) (June 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041)
Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.), Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040)
Supreme Court of Texas, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 order (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-071)
Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.), Opinion, Greg Abbott v. City of San Antonio and Bexar County, No. 21-1079, vacating the court of appeals' judgment and dissolving the temporary injunction (June 30, 2023) (Ex. MET-SAT-075)
Supreme Court of Texas, Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction) (Ex. TX-046)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 20-9135, Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Nov. 11, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-067)
Supreme Court of Texas, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0687, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the TRO (Aug. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-069)
Supreme Court of Texas, Twenty-Seventh Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9113 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program) (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-060)
Collin County District Courts (Local Administrative District Judge Emily Miskel, on behalf of thirteen district courts), Order Dissolving Collin County District Court COVID Emergency Orders (May 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-DFW-072)
Judges of the 368th, 395th and 425th District Courts and County Courts at Law One, Three and Four of Williamson County, General Order: Court Operations in Williamson County Family Courts Under the 2020 State of Disaster COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus (filed March 31, 2020) (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-084)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9078 (Texas Eviction Diversion Program) (July 19, 2021) (Ex. TX-041)
Hays County judiciary (local administrative district judge and courts of Hays County), COVID-19 Operating Plan for the Hays County Judiciary (June 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-086)
Collin County Court System, COVID-19 Operating Plan, Collin County Court System (2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-099)
Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.), Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction) (Ex. MET-HOU-061)
Supreme Court of Texas, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9026 (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. TX-063)
Supreme Court of Texas (joint with the Court of Criminal Appeals, Misc. Docket No. 20-007), Misc. Docket No. 20-9042, First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-061)
Harris County (Office of the County Engineer, for the courts), Revised Order: Court Operations effective March 24, 2020 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-048)
Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.; Lehrmann, J., concurring), Opinion, Greg Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023), holding the Disaster Act authorized GA-38's prohibition of local mask requirements (Ex. MET-SAT-076)
The Justices of the Peace of Bexar County (Tejeda, Rodriguez, Vazquez, Wentworth, Lopez), Fifth Order Regarding Court Proceedings Pending COVID-19 State of Emergency (eviction cases) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-072)
Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals (joint order), First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Tex.) and No. 20-007 (Tex. Crim. App.) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. TX-048)
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Duncan, J., joined by Elrod, J.; Dennis, J., dissenting), In re Abbott, No. 20-50264 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2020) (published), 954 F.3d 772 (Ex. DUT-TX-021)
Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9060, Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (May 26, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-069)
Hon. Betsy F. Lambeth, 425th District Court, General Order Regarding Setting Hearings in a Virtual Courtroom Environment Under the 2020 State of Disaster COVID-19 and Related Coronavirus (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-083)

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