Order Governing the Continuing Operations of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed June 28, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

Minnesota

Level

Court

Authority

Chief Justice's administrative authority; No. ADM20-8001

Issued

2021-06-28 June 28, 2021

Effective

2021-06-28; face-covering requirement lifted July 6, 2021; in effect through Sept. 6, 2021 and, by the July 30, 2021 order, 'until further order' (read as 2021-06-28)

End

Extended indefinitely by the order of July 30, 2021 (MN-054); modified Oct. 18, 2021 (MN-055) (read as 2021-07-30)

In force

June 28, 2021 to July 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices

Addressees

• all Minnesota courts, parties, attorneys, jurors, the public

Functions reached

• CT courts (remote-default civil proceedings through Q3 2021; civil jury trials subordinate to criminal calendar)
• CL court-dependent transactions
• PJ
• CB

Collection

Minnesota MN

Operative words

As set out below, the Judicial Branch will lift the requirement for face coverings in judicial branch facilities and suspend requirements in the Judicial Branch's COVID-19 Preparedness Plan and JMRT Recommendations, effective July 6, 2021.... 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. Unless a proceeding is authorized to be held in person in a courtroom as set out in paragraphs 2 through 7 of this order, the proceeding shall be held by remote technology that permits the parties and attorneys to appear without being in the courtroom or by review of the parties' submissions without oral argument.... 5.... Effective August 2, 2021, in-person proceedings shall be held in mandatory misdemeanor criminal court trials and in contested hearings in that case type... 6. In-person civil jury trials may be held if the chief judge and the district administrator determine that holding that trial will not impact the scheduling of criminal jury trials in the district.... 8. Proceedings in the district court in criminal and civil cases, other than those proceedings subject to paragraphs 2 through 7 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. 9. Rules of procedure that prohibit holding court proceedings remotely... are suspended to the extent that those rules contradict the terms of this order.

Enforcement

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