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Ex. FED-338General Order 20-0012 (original)In re: Coronavirus COVID-19 Public EmergencyChief Judge Rebecca R. PallmeyerUnited States District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SEA-045Emergency Order #1: Order on Expanded Criteria for Excusing Jurors Based upon Public Health Emergency (Cause No. 20-2-05474-2)Emergency Order #1, Order on Expanded Criteria for Excusing Jurors Based upon Public Health EmergencyPierce County Superior Court (Presiding Judge)Pierce County Superior Court, WashingtonCourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FL-064Administrative Order No. AOSC20-13In re: COVID-19 Emergency Procedures in the Florida State CourtsChief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of FloridaFlorida (all State courts)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-043In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Suspending In-Person Court ProceedingsOrder Suspending In-Person Court Proceedings (judicial state of emergency)Tennessee Supreme Court (Chief Justice Jeffrey S. Bivins)TennesseeCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. UT-047Administrative Order, In re: Order for Court Operations During PandemicAdministrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (March 13, 2020)Utah Supreme Court (Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant, as presiding officer of the Judicial Council)UtahCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-048Supreme Court Administrative Directive No. 36Temporary Postponement of Jury TrialsVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by State Court Administrator Patricia Gabel)VermontCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-134Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended)Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencySupreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)GeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-062Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
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. AGY-ST-COURTS-015Standing Order No. 2 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresSuspension of all civil and criminal jury trials and petit jury duty through April 15, 2020; postponement of case reviews and…Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts 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. AZ-048Administrative Order No. 2020-47Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health EmergencyArizona Supreme Court (Chief Justice Robert Brutinel)ArizonaCourtMar. 16, 2020Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. CO-056Order Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State CourtsOrder Regarding COVID-19 and Operation of Colorado State CourtsChief Justice Nathan B. Coats, Supreme Court of ColoradoColoradoCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-052Press release of March 16, 2020Postponement of the March 2020 oral argument session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1); building closed to the publicSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)United States (Supreme Court)CourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-066Administrative Order AO/68/20Postponement of all non-essential court functions; suspension of jury selection; no new jury trialsChief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks (at the direction of the Chief Judge)New YorkCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-130Administrative Order No. 2020-47Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health EmergencyArizona Supreme Court (Chief Justice Robert Brutinel)ArizonaCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-291Press release of March 16, 2020 (postponement of the March 2020 argument session)Supreme Court postpones oral arguments scheduled for the March sessionSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Supreme Court of the United StatesCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-317General Order 72In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health EmergencyChief Judge Phyllis J. HamiltonUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Eureka)CourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-002Administrative Order 2020-08In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 EmergencySupreme Court of Kentucky (Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr.)KentuckyCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-008Joint Administrative Order, No. M200001 (Mar. 13, 2020)In re: Courthouse Operations Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell)Hamilton County, OhioCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-014Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency and Continuity of Operations of the Court Due to COVID-19 PandemicJudges of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General DivisionCuyahoga County, OhioCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-001Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 20MS000156Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health EmergencyFranklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (Hon. Stephen L. McIntosh, Administrative Judge)Franklin County, OhioCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-002Joint Press Release, Court Operations (Mar. 13, 2020)Franklin County Common Pleas Court, General, Domestic Relations/Juvenile, and Probate Divisions; Franklin County Municipal Court: Press…Administrative Judges of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas (General, Domestic Relations/Juvenile and Probate Divisions) and the Franklin County Municipal CourtFranklin County, OhioCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-003Franklin County Municipal Court Operations During COVID-19 Epidemic (Mar. 13, 2020)Franklin County Municipal Court Operations During COVID-19 EpidemicFranklin County Municipal CourtFranklin County, Ohio (Columbus and the county's municipal-court territory)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-006Franklin County Municipal Court Operations During COVID-19 Epidemic (updated Mar. 15, 2020)Franklin County Municipal Court Operations During COVID-19 EpidemicFranklin County Municipal CourtFranklin County, OhioCourtMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read