{"id":"MN-050","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea","authority":"Chief Justice\u0027s administrative authority; No. ADM20-8001","instrument":"Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Feb. 18, 2021)","title":"Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch","dateIssued":"2021-02-18","effective":"2021-02-18 (in-person criminal jury trials from Mar. 15, 2021); directions govern through Apr. 30, 2021","end":"Superseded by the order filed Mar. 22, 2021 (MN-051)","startDate":"2021-02-18","endDate":"2021-03-22","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["CRT","MASK"],"addressees":["all Minnesota courts, parties, attorneys, jurors"],"clause":"1.... Other than proceedings held in person in a courtroom as authorized by paragraphs 2 through 4 of this order, all proceedings in all case types, including proceedings in treatment courts, shall be held by remote technology... 2. Effective as of March 15, 2021, in-person criminal jury trials may be held in any county.... 3.... No new grand juries will be impaneled nor will grand jury proceedings commence before April 30, 2021... 4. All other proceedings in the district court in criminal and civil cases, including civil jury trials, other than those proceedings subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this order, shall be conducted remotely unless the chief judge of the district in which the proceeding is to be held grants an exception... 8. The courts remain open for business on a limited basis, with access to court facilities subject to conditions imposed by county officials. The order of July 7, 2020, requiring face coverings in court facilities, remains in effect in all court facilities.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court; procedural rules suspended to the extent inconsistent","functions":["CT courts (civil proceedings remote by default; civil jury trials by exception only)","PJ","CB"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/CIOMediaLibrary/COVID-19/Order-021821.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210219220007/https://mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/CIOMediaLibrary/COVID-19/Order-021821.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1922568,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MN","url":"/library/MN-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-050","citation":"Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Feb. 18, 2021) (Ex. MN-050)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-051","MN-049","MN-046"]}