--- title: "Joan N. Ericksen | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joan-n-ericksen" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Joan N. Ericksen U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - State: Minnesota - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Senior U.S. District Judge for the District of Minnesota and, since January 2025, Chief Judge of the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court - Judge, District Court, D. Minnesota, 2002-present - Chief Judge, U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court — appointed 2023; became chief judge January 1, 2025 - Judge, U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court — appointed April 3, 2023 - Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota — appointed May 1, 2002 by President George W. Bush; assumed senior status October 15, 2019 - Associate justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1998-2002 - Judge, Minnesota District Court, Fourth Judicial District, 1995-1998 - Judge, Minnesota District Court, Hennepin County (1995–1998) - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Minnesota, 1983-1993 ### Education - University of Minnesota Law School - St. Olaf College ### Additional information - Senior Judge (2019–present) - Private practice, Minnesota, 1993-1995 - Private practice, Minnesota, 1981-1983 - Date of birth: 1954-01-01 - Birth place: St. Paul, MN ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391501) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391501) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391501) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1002/joan-n-ericksen/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1002/joan-n-ericksen/) - [Wikidata: Joan N. Ericksen](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560941) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joan-n-ericksen", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joan-n-ericksen", "name": "Joan N. Ericksen | KnowJudges", "description": "Joan N. Ericksen, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joan-n-ericksen#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/joan-n-ericksen#judge", "name": "Joan N. 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Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.