Paul Arthur Magnuson at a glance
- Current role
- Senior Judge
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota · Federal
- Judicial service
- Active
Senior Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
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Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.
Our goal is to provide systems that are sophisticated, user-friendly and flexible. This document will provide a basic overview of the courtroom technology systems. Courtroom Technology Training and Testing Courtroom technology training and testing is available to ensure that your technology will properly function with the courtroom technology.Courtroom Technology - Minneapolis Courtrooms 12W and 15 ↗
Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.
Our goal is to provide systems that are sophisticated, user-friendly and flexible. This document will provide a basic overview of the courtroom technology systems. Courtroom Technology Training and Testing Courtroom technology training and testing is available to ensure that your technology will properly function with the courtroom technology.Courtroom Technology - St. Paul Courtrooms 7A, 7B, 7D, and 3B ↗
Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.
Our goal is to provide systems that are sophisticated, user-friendly and flexible. This document will provide a basic overview of the courtroom technology systems. Courtroom Technology Training and Testing Courtroom technology training and testing is available to ensure that your technology will properly function with the courtroom technology.Courtroom Technology - St. Paul Courtroom 7C ↗
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.
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 ↗
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
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 ↗
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. 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 ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
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 ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27Identity source checked July 25, 2026.
Biography sources checked August 3, 2026.
Identity source · HTML · Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory · effective October 29, 1981 · Source checked July 25, 2026
View Federal Judicial Center biography ↗Identity source · HTML · CourtListener / Free Law Project · Source checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Courtwide source · PDF · U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota · Source checked July 24, 2026
View Courtroom Technology - Minneapolis Courtrooms 12W and 15 ↗Courtwide source · PDF · U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota · Source checked July 24, 2026
View Courtroom Technology - St. Paul Courtrooms 7A, 7B, 7D, and 3B ↗Courtwide source · PDF · U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota · Source checked July 24, 2026
View Courtroom Technology - St. Paul Courtroom 7C ↗Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Courtwide source · HTML · Supreme Court of the United States and Judicial Conference of the United States · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗