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Chief Judge

Edward J. Cleary

TERMS TO KNOW:

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  • Chief Judge since September 2013
  • Appointed by Governor Dayton.
  • Current term expires October 31, 2016

  • Has been an appellate judge since 2011
  • Current term expires January 2021.

Judge Michelle Anne Larkin

Judge John R. Rodenberg

  • Appointed by Governor Pawlenty in 2008.
  • Elected in 2010.
  • Current term expires in January 2017.

  • Appointed to the Tenth Judicial District in 2005 by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2012.
  • Elected in 2014.
  • Current term expires in 2021.

What will you learn about the justices?

Judge Peter M. Reyes, Jr.

  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals in in 2014 by Governor Mark Dayton
  • Elected in 2016
  • Current term expires in 2023

Cases get reviewed

(Oral arguments)

Judges (3)

Opinions

Judge Kevin G. Ross

Judge Matthew E. Johnson

  • Appointed by Tim Pawlenty in 2006.
  • Elected in 2008 and reelected in 2014
  • Term expires in 2020

  • Formed and administers the Quill & Bagel Society
  • One of the exemplary judicial opinion writers in 2011 by "Green Bag Almanac and Reader."
  • Served as a board member of Scribes in 2013.
  • Appointed to the court of appeals by Tim Pawlenty in January 2008.
  • Elected in 2010.
  • Term expires January 2017.

(Previous)

  • Appointed as Minnesota Court of Appeals Chief Judge by Tim Pawlenty in 2010.
  • Term expired in 2013.

Judge Heidi S. Schellhas

Judge Renee L. Worke

  • Appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals by Govenor Tim Pawlenty in October 2007, started in January 2008.
  • Elected in 2010.
  • Term expires in January 2017.

(Previous)

  • Appointed to the Fourth Judicial District in 1996.
  • Elected in 1998, 2004.

Judge Denise D. Reilly

  • Appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 2005
  • Elected in 2006
  • Reelected in 2012.
  • Term expires in 2018.

(Previous)

  • Appointed in 1996 to the Third Judicial District, Waseca.

What happens at the Court of Appeals?

  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Mark Dayton in 2014.
  • Elected in 2016
  • Current term expires in 2023.

  • Previous Judge for the Fourth Judicial District from 1997-2014.

1. How many justices make up the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

2. How long a term is for each judge.

3. What it takes to be elected for another term.

Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman

Judge Francis J. Connolly

Judge Michael L. Kirk

  • Appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 2008.
  • Elected in 2010 and his term expires in January 2017.

(Previous)

  • Appointed to the Fourth Judicial District in 1998.
  • Elected in 2000.
  • Reelected in 2006.
  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2008 by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
  • Elected in 2010.
  • Current term expires January 2017.

  • Appointed to the Second Judicial District in 1998 by Governor Arne Carlson.
  • Elected in 2000.
  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals in June of 2012 by Governor Mark Dayton
  • Elected in 2014
  • Term expires in January 2021

  • Judge of the Seventh District Court from 1989-2011.

Judge Diane B. Bratvold

  • Appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 2016 by Governor Mark Dayton.
  • Current Term Expires in 2019.

Judge Randolph W. Peterson

  • Appellate judge since 1990
  • Appointed in 1990 and elected for every term since.
  • Term expires in 2017.

  • Previous Minnestoa Senator (1980-1986).

Judge Carol Hooten

  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Mark Dayton in 2012.
  • Elected in 2014.
  • Current term expires in 2021.

  • Elected in 2002 and 2008 as Scott County District Court Judge.

Lue Yang

Judge Lucinda E. Jesson

  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Mark Dayton in 2016.
  • Current Term expires in January of 2019.

Judge Lawrence "Larry" B. Stauber, Jr.

Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks

  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2008 by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
  • Elected in 2010.
  • Present term expires in January 2017.

  • Was previously an Infantry officer for the United States Army, 1971-1974
  • Appointed in 1998 by Governor Arne Carlson

  • Elected in 2000, 2006, and 2012.
  • Term expires in 2018

Kent Richard Jones

Judge Tracy M. Smith

  • Appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Mark Dayton in 2016
  • Current term expires 2019.

  • Previously the Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals in the Third District.

CASES NOT HEARD AT THE APPEALS LEVEL ARE: FIRST DEGREE MURDER

FUN FACT:

Court of Appeals Opinions

You can sign up via email/text to recieve updates on these opinions @: MNCourts.gov/courtofappeals

  • Felonies
  • Gross Misdemeanors
  • Misdemeanors
  • Petty Misdemeanors
  • Ordinance Violations
  • Traffic Citations
  • Civil Actions
  • Real Estate Actions
  • Family
  • Probate
  • Juvenile
  • Landlord-Tenant

How Does A Case Get to the Court of Appeals

What types of cases are heard in the Court of Appeals?

What is the Minnesota Court of Appeals?

ANSWER:

100 to 120 cases a year

  • A motion is filed by either attorney with the clerk of the appellate court.
  • The Notice of Appeal must be served to both parties within the appeal period

Certificate as to File and Delivery

What is it?

Time frame?

Who gets one?

  • Started on November 1, 1983.

  • 'Error-correcting court'

  • Provides citizens prompt and deliberate review of final decisions from trial courts, state agencies, and local governments

(mncourts.gov)

Ordering the Transcript

  • Certificate as to Transcript

  • Certificate as to File and Delivery

Certificate as to Transcript

If the Court of Appeals hears 2,000 to 2,400 cases a year and only only appeals 5 percent of them to the Supreme Court, how many cases a year does the Supreme Court hear?

Who files?

When?

What's next?

  • Handles most of the cases that get appealed.

  • Allows the Supreme Court to focus on cases that require more attention.

Minnesota Court of Appeals

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