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Ex. VT-049Administrative Order No. 49Declaration of Judicial Emergency and Changes to Court ProceduresVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar by the State Court Administrator)VermontCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-054Judicial Conference finding of March 29, 2020 under CARES Act § 15002 (announced March 31, 2020)Judiciary Authorizes Video/Audio Access During COVID-19 PandemicJudicial Conference of the United States (Administrative Office release)United States (federal judiciary)CourtMar. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FL-066Administrative Order No. AOSC20-23 (original)In re: Comprehensive COVID-19 Emergency Measures for the Florida State CourtsChief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of FloridaFlorida (all State courts)CourtApr. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-029Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Journal Entry)In re: Amended Order Declaring Judicial Emergency and Outlining Court Operations During the COVID-19 PandemicJudges of the Cleveland Municipal Court, General DivisionCity of Cleveland, OhioCourtApr. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary 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. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-072Administrative Order 2020-02, 'Conducting Oral Arguments' (May 18, 2020)Administrative Order 2020-02: Conducting Oral ArgumentsChief Judge Sharon ProstUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (all cases)CourtMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-005Administrative Order No. 2020-02Remote Court Proceedings During COVID-19 PandemicChief Judge Maurice B. Foley, United States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtMay 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-011Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills, No. 2:20-cv-00176-LEW, ECF No. 20 (D. Me. May 29, 2020), reported at 463 F. Supp. 3d 22Bayley's Campground, Inc. v. Mills: order refusing preliminary injunction against the 14-day self-quarantine requirement of Executive Order…Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District JudgeUnited States District Court for the District of MaineCourtMay 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. NM-025Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-025 with attached New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols (Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1-3)In the Matter of the Safe and Effective Administration of the New Mexico Judiciary During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencySupreme Court of New MexicoNew MexicoCourtJuly 6, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-014Order on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, Savage v. Mills, No. 1:20-cv-00165-LEW, ECF No. 26 (D. Me. Aug. 7, 2020), reported at 478 F. Supp. 3d 16Savage v. Mills (Sunday River Brewing Company): order dismissing business owners' constitutional challenge to the Governor's COVID-19…Hon. Lance E. Walker, U.S. District JudgeUnited States District Court for the District of MaineCourtAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-008Local Administrative Order 2020-09Plan to Return to Full Capacity - Phase TwoThird Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO)Wayne County, Michigan (Third Judicial Circuit)CourtAug. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-133Administrative Order No. 2020-197Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of Certain Operations (nunc pro…Arizona Supreme CourtArizonaCourtDec. 3, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AK-055Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8210Special Order 8210, Update regarding COVID-19 and Jury Trials (all jury trials and in-person grand juries suspended until at least Jan. 4…Chief Justice Joel H. BolgerAlaska (statewide courts)CourtNov. 13, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MN-046Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Nov. 20, 2020)Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial BranchMinnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. GildeaMinnesotaCourtNov. 20, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033General Administrative Order No. 2020-07: COVID-19 Emergency Measures, Modification of OperationsWinter 2020 re-tightening: all matters by videoconference except in extraordinary or compelling circumstances; judges and employees to work…Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtNov. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DEN-065Ninth Amended Administrative Order Regarding Court Operations Under COVID-19, 2020-01 A917th JD Ninth Amended CJO, Limited Court Operations, Effective November 23, 2020 Until Further Notice and OrderChief Judge, Seventeenth Judicial DistrictSeventeenth Judicial District (Adams and Broomfield Counties), ColoradoCourtNov. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-053Eighteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 4, 2020)Judicial emergency extended to March 31, 2021; jury trials only with approval of the Chief Superior Judge and Court Administrator; Judicial…Vermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtDec. 4, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PIT-028Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of December 3, 2020)In re: Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Dec. 3, 2020)Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtDec. 3, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-045Supreme Court Order No. 20-8500-042 (amending Emergency Court Protocols Nos. 1, 2 and 3)In the Matter of the Amendment of the New Mexico Judiciary Public Health Emergency Protocols for the Safe and Effective Administration of…Supreme Court of New Mexico (M. Vigil, C.J.)New MexicoCourtDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. VT-054Nineteenth Amendment to Administrative Order No. 49 (promulgated December 22, 2020)Presumption that Superior Court hearings are scheduled for remote participationVermont Supreme Court (memo to the bar)VermontCourtDec. 22, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. UT-049Administrative Order for Court Operations During Pandemic (December 31, 2020)Administrative Order for Court Operations During PandemicUtah Supreme Court and Utah Judicial CouncilUtahCourtDec. 31, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-088Order No. 25700-B-658, Fifth Revised and Extended Order Regarding Court OperationsFifth Revised and Extended Order Regarding Court Operations (civil jury trials permitted with strict distancing; remote proceedings…Supreme Court of WashingtonWashingtonCourtFeb. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-068Misc. Docket No. 21-9026, Thirty-Sixth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterThirty-Sixth Emergency Order (remote participation on request; in-person proceedings under local minimum standard health protocols; jury…Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtMar. 5, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-020Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, Memorandum Opinion denying a preliminary injunction (ECF No. 24), Civil Action No. 7:21-cv-00135Belle Garden Estate, LLC v. Northam, No. 7:21cv00135 (W.D. Va. Mar. 26, 2021)Thomas T. Cullen, United States District JudgeVirginia (United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke Division)CourtMar. 26, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-038Order of Court of March 26, 2021: Public Access to Remote Proceedings (AD-2021-43-PJ)In re: Public Access to Remote Proceedings, No. AD-2021-43-PJKim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtMar. 26, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read