COURT MONITORING BULLETIN: DELAYS  

Judicial delays are a fact of life, but they can also be a significant inconvenience to many. We crunched the numbers and found that since January 2016, at least one-fifth of cases monitored by WATCH volunteers in Ramsey and Hennepin Counties—160 out of 755—were not heard in a timely fashion.

In at least 28 percent of those cases—213 out of 755—the judge did not appear on time for court. And at least 15 percent of the time, the attorneys assigned to the case did not show up on time. ∞