{"id":"MN-054","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 July 30, 2021)","title":"Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch","dateIssued":"2021-07-30","effective":"2021-07-30","end":"Modified Oct. 18, 2021 (MN-055, reinstating a statewide court face-covering requirement Oct. 19, 2021); otherwise \u0027until further order by the Chief Justice\u0027","startDate":"2021-07-30","endDate":"2021-10-18","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK"],"addressees":["all Minnesota courts, chief judges, parties, attorneys, jurors, the public"],"clause":"1. Notwithstanding paragraph 19 of the June 28 order, which superseded earlier orders requiring face coverings to be worn in court facilities and during court proceedings, the chief judge of a district may require face coverings to be worn in public spaces in courthouse facilities where the public gathers, and the presiding judge, in consultation with the chief judge of the district, may require parties, participants, and those who attend an in-person proceeding to wear a face covering during the proceeding. Participants, for purposes of this paragraph, include jurors and the deliberations conducted by a jury. In the event that a county in which a courthouse is located mandates the use of face coverings in county-owned buildings, the district court in such counties will require the use of face coverings consistent with the county\u0027s decision... 2. In all in-person jury trials, the presiding judge, in consultation with the chief judge of the district, shall use as directed by State Court Administration appropriate screening and preliminary voir dire questions with summoned jurors to address concerns about serving on a jury because of COVID-19. 3. The order filed on June 28, 2021, governing the continuing operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch is extended until further order by the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. It is the specific intent of this paragraph that the requirements of the June 28, 2021 order will remain in effect after September 6, 2021 and until further order","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court; county courthouse face-covering mandates made binding in district courts","functions":["CT courts (Q3 2021 remote-default regime extended; courthouse face coverings)","PJ","CB"],"notes":"Issued after the peacetime emergency \u0027has expired\u0027; recites CDC\u0027s Delta-wave recommendation of indoor face coverings in areas of \u0027substantial\u0027 or \u0027high\u0027 transmission. Scanned PDF (2 pages) read visually.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/CIOMediaLibrary/COVID-19/073021.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210730190213/https://mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/CIOMediaLibrary/COVID-19/073021.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":117290,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MN","url":"/library/MN-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-054","citation":"Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed July 30, 2021) (Ex. MN-054)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-055","MN-048","MN-053","MN-052"]}