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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Minn. Const. art. VI; Chief Justice's administrative authority over the Judicial Branch; No. ADM20-8001
- Issued
- 2020-11-20 Nov. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-20 (jury-trial pause from Nov. 30, 2020); directions govern through Jan. 31, 2021 (read as 2020-11-20)
- End
- Superseded by the order filed Jan. 21, 2021 (MN-049) (read as 2021-01-21)
- In force
- Nov. 20, 2020 to Jan. 21, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all Minnesota district and appellate courts, judges, court staff, parties, attorneys, jurors
- Functions reached
- CT courts (civil and criminal jury trials suspended; remote-default hearings)
- CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions
- PJ litigation projects
- CB clients
- Collection
- Minnesota MN
Operative words
1. Judges and court staff shall continue to process cases, in all case types, regardless of whether the judge or employee works at the court facility or remotely. Other than proceedings held in person in a courtroom as authorized by paragraphs 2-4 of this order, all proceedings in all case types, including proceedings in treatment courts, shall be held by remote technology... 2. Jury trials in progress shall proceed to completion. But, starting on November 30, 2020, no new jury trials will commence before February 1, 2021, except criminal jury trials when the chief judge in the district where the trial is to be held, after consulting with the Chief Justice, grants an exception for the criminal jury trial to be held in person. 3.... No grand juries will be impaneled nor will grand jury proceedings commence before February 1, 2021... 4. Effective November 30, 2020, all other proceedings in the district court... shall be conducted remotely unless the chief judge of the district... grants an exception for an in-person proceeding.
Enforcement
Order of the Supreme Court binding on the Judicial Branch; procedural rules (Minn. R. Crim. P. 1.05, Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 131, 309.02, 359.03, Minn. R. Juv. Prot. P. 11.03, Minn. R. Adopt. P. 12.03, Minn. Spec. R. Commit. P. 14) suspended to the extent inconsistent
Notes
Recites that the Judicial Branch 'has also adopted requirements for face coverings in court facilities' (July 7, 2020 order, MN-048) and that the Governor's EO 20-99 imposed new restrictions Nov. 18, 2020. Scanned PDF; text read from rendered page images.
Retrieval noteImage-only PDF (7 pages), pages 1-3 read visually.