{"id":"MN-051","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 Mar. 22, 2021)","title":"Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch","dateIssued":"2021-03-22","effective":"2021-03-22; in effect through June 13, 2021","end":"Superseded by the order filed May 25, 2021 (MN-052), effective June 14, 2021","startDate":"2021-03-22","endDate":"2021-05-25","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","MASK"],"addressees":["all Minnesota courts, parties, attorneys, jurors"],"clause":"2. In-person criminal jury trials shall continue to be scheduled and held in any county unless the chief judge of the district determines that the trial cannot proceed safely due to local conditions.... 3.... No new grand juries will be impaneled nor will grand jury proceedings commence before June 14, 2021... 5. Proceedings in the district court in criminal and civil cases, including civil jury trials, other than those proceedings subject to paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 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 for an in-person proceeding to be held.... 6. Exceptions for in-person civil jury trials may be granted by the chief judge only after consultation with the Chief Justice.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court; recites \u0027Face coverings are required for proceedings conducted in person at court facilities\u0027 under the July 7, 2020 order","functions":["CT courts (remote-default civil and criminal proceedings)","PJ","CB"],"notes":"Recites the Governor\u0027s EO 21-11 of Mar. 12, 2021 and the Judicial Branch\u0027s \u0027limited in-person operations\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/CIOMediaLibrary/COVID-19/ADM20-8001_Administrative-Order-Governing-the-Continuing-Operations-of-the-Minnesota-Judicial-Branch_3-22-2021.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210428084425/https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/CIOMediaLibrary/COVID-19/ADM20-8001_Administrative-Order-Governing-the-Continuing-Operations-of-the-Minnesota-Judicial-Branch_3-22-2021.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2116582,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MN","url":"/library/MN-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-051","citation":"Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed Mar. 22, 2021) (Ex. MN-051)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-052","MN-050","MN-049"]}