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Ex. ECO-C-074In re Tolling of Time Requirements Imposed by Rules Promulgated by the Supreme Court and Use of Technology, 2020-Ohio-1166Tolling order (retroactive to March 9, 2020) and use of technology in court proceedingsSupreme Court of OhioOhioCourtMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-025COVID-19 Announcements page: the Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further notice (announced Mar. 12, 2020)COVID-19 AnnouncementsSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Supreme Court of the United StatesCourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-290Press release of March 12, 2020 (Building closed to the public)Supreme Court Building closed to the public until further noticeSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Office)Supreme Court of the United StatesCourtMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
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. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-022Press release postponing the March 2020 argument session (Mar. 16, 2020)Press Release: March session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1) postponed; Building closed to the publicSupreme Court of the United States (Public Information Officer Kathleen Arberg)Supreme Court of the United StatesCourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
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. 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-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-279Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access)Order restricting access to the James R. Browning, William K. Nakamura, Pioneer and Richard H. Chambers United States CourthousesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer)United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Pasadena courthouses)CourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
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. AGY-ST-COURTS-037General Administrative Order No. 2020-01: COVID-19 Emergency MeasuresAll matters in all Districts and Divisions rescheduled and continued 30 days; judges and employees to work remotely; Sheriff to cease…Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook CountyCircuit Court of Cook County, IllinoisCourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM)Press Release: 'the United States Tax Court building is closed'United States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-077Supreme Judicial Court Order in re: COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic (March 17, 2020) (OE-144)Statewide order closing Massachusetts courthouses to the public except for emergency matters that cannot be resolved remotely, continuing…Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)CourtMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-071Administrative Order, 'Continued Modifications to Court Operations' (Mar. 20, 2020)Continued Modifications to Court OperationsChief Judge Sharon ProstUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitCourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-044Order, Temporary Court Closure, Court-Declared Holiday March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020Order: Temporary Court Closure; Court-Declared Holiday - March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourtMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-075Administrative Order AO/78/20No papers accepted for filing by any county clerk or court in any matter not on the list of essential matters (criminal arraignments and…Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. MarksNew York State Unified Court System (statewide, including the New York City courts)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-012Press release keeping the building closed and cancelling May-June 2020 trial sessions (Mar. 23, 2020)Press Release: building remains closed; personnel remote; May 4-June 30, 2020 trial sessions cancelledUnited States Tax CourtUnited States Tax CourtCourtMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-024Administrative Order No. 3: Statewide Judiciary Restricted Operations and the Temporary Suspension of Statutes of Limitations, Filing Deadlines and Notarization Requirements in All CourtsAll courthouses and administrative offices closed to the public from March 23 to April 15, 2020; essential matters only, remotely where…Supreme Court of Delaware (Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr.)Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-284Order of the Chief Judge No. 20-042In re: Coronavirus Public Emergency - Activation of the Continuity of Operations Plan (courthouses closed)Chief Judge Virginia A. PhillipsUnited States District Court for the Central District of California (Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Riverside)CourtMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-310Second Amended Standing Order 2020-02In re: Restrictions on Visitors to CourthousesChief Judge James K. BredarUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore, Greenbelt)CourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. FL-065Administrative Order No. AOSC20-17In re: COVID-19 Emergency Procedures for the Florida State Courts (extending AOSC20-13, 20-15, 20-16)Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of FloridaFlorida (all State courts)CourtMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-017Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020)In re: Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan, Administrative Docket, Order of CourtCourt of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President JudgeFifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)CourtMar. 26, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
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. AGY-ST-COURTS-017Amended Standing Order No. 4 Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary MeasuresCivil jury trials suspended through May 29, 2020; non-essential civil and criminal matters postponed; essential matters by video and…Superior Court of the State of Delaware (President Judge Jan R. Jurden)Superior Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)CourtMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. RI-080Supreme Court Executive Order 2020-06COVID-19 Pandemic Response - Limitations on PersonnelRhode Island Supreme Court (Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell)Rhode IslandCourtMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read