D. Minn. LR 80.1

(a) Filing.

(1) Reporters Employed by the Judiciary. Unless the court orders

otherwise, when an official court reporter employed by the judiciary

completes a transcript of a court proceeding, the reporter must promptly file

a certified copy on the court’s ECF system.

(2) Other Reporters. Unless the court orders otherwise, when an official

court reporter not employed by the judiciary completes a transcript of a court

proceeding, the reporter must promptly file a certified copy with the clerk,

and the clerk must then file the copy on the court’s ECF system.

(3) Criminal Cases That Concern a Child. A transcript of a court

proceeding in a criminal case that concerns a child must be filed under seal.

(b) Post-Filing Restriction.

(1) Unless the court orders otherwise, access to a transcript prepared

by an official court reporter and filed under LR 80.1(a) is restricted as

follows:

(A) A transcript of a sealed proceeding or filed in a sealed case

must not be made available to the public in any format.

(B) A transcript of a criminal voir dire proceeding must not be

made available to the public in any format.

(C) A transcript of a proceeding in a criminal case that concerns

a child must not be made available to the public in any format for 90

days after the transcript is filed.

(D) Remote electronic access to a transcript of a civil voir dire

proceeding is permanently restricted to the users identified in LR

80.1(b)(2).

(E) Remote electronic access to any other transcript is restricted

to the users identified in LR 80.1(b)(2) for 90 days after the transcript

is filed.

(2) Unless the court orders otherwise, during the 90 days after a

transcript is filed, only the following users may access the transcript through

the court’s ECF system:

(A) Court staff;

(B) Persons using public terminals in the clerk’s office for

inspection only, not for copying;

(C) Parties that have purchased the transcript; and

(D) Other persons — such as, for example, appellate attorneys —

as ordered by the court.

(c) Availability After 90-Day Restriction Period.

(1) Transcripts Not Subject to Special Restrictions. After the 90-day

post-filing restriction period and after the court resolves all pending motions

related to the transcript’s availability or contents, a transcript not subject to

special restrictions under LR 80.1(b)(1) is available as follows unless the

court orders otherwise:

(A) No Redactions Made. If an original transcript was not

redacted, the clerk must permit remote electronic access to the

transcript through the court’s ECF system and must permit inspection

and copying of the transcript at the clerk’s office.

(B) Redactions Made. If an original transcript was redacted, the

clerk must permit remote electronic access to the redacted transcript

through the court’s ECF system. Remote electronic access to the

unredacted transcript is restricted to the users identified in LR

80.1(b)(2). The clerk must permit inspection and copying of the

unredacted transcript at the clerk’s office.

(2) Transcripts in Criminal Cases That Concern a Child. After the 90-day post-filing restriction period and after the court resolves all pending

motions related to the transcript’s availability or contents, a transcript filed

in a criminal case that concerns a child is available as follows unless LR

80.1(b)(1)(A) or (B) applies or the court orders otherwise:

(A) No Redactions Made. If an original transcript was not

redacted, the transcript must be unsealed. The clerk must permit

remote electronic access to the transcript through the court’s ECF

system and must permit inspection and copying of the transcript at

the clerk’s office.

(B) Redactions Made for Reasons Other Than 18 U.S.C.

§ 3509(d). If an original transcript was redacted and none of the

redactions were made to comply with 18 U.S.C. § 3509(d), the

transcript must be unsealed. The clerk must permit remote electronic

access to the redacted transcript through the court’s ECF system.

Remote electronic access to the unredacted transcript is restricted

to the users identified in LR 80.1(b)(2). The clerk must permit

inspection and copying of the unredacted transcript at the clerk’s

office.

(C) Redactions Made to Comply with 18 U.S.C. § 3509(d). If an

original transcript was redacted and any redaction was made to

comply with 18 U.S.C. § 3509(d), the unredacted transcript must

remain sealed. The clerk must permit remote electronic access to

the redacted transcript through the court’s ECF system and must

permit inspection and copying of the redacted transcript at the clerk’s

office.

(d) Transcript Fees.

(1) Payment Required. Ordinarily, until a party makes the required

payment, a court reporter may decline to begin preparing a transcript or to

furnish a completed transcript. But the court may excuse a party who has

been permitted to proceed in forma pauperis from paying for a transcript

and may require the court reporter to begin preparing a transcript or to

furnish a completed transcript without payment from the party.

(2) Fees for Electronic Access. A person other than a court employee

who remotely accesses a transcript through the court’s ECF system must

pay the applicable fees. A person may electronically access a transcript at

the public terminals in the clerk’s office for free.

(3) Fees for Purchasing Transcript from Court Reporter. A person may

buy a copy of a publicly available transcript from a court reporter by paying

the applicable fee.

(4) Fee Schedule. The fees for transcript preparation and for transcripts

purchased from court reporters are established by the Judicial Conference

of the United States. The current fee schedule is available from the clerk

and from the official court reporters.