United States District Court · District of Minnesota
Federal court
in Minnesota
Federal charges — drugs, guns, fraud, immigration, offenses on some tribal land — are heard in the U.S. District Court, not the county courthouse. Minnesota is one federal district with four courthouses. If you cannot afford counsel, the court appoints the Federal Defender at no charge.
Courthouses
Clerk of Court 612-664-5000
Minneapolis
Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse
300 South Fourth Street, Suite 202, Minneapolis, MN 55415 · 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday
St. Paul
Warren E. Burger Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse
316 North Robert Street, Suite 100, St. Paul, MN 55101
Duluth
Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building, U.S. Courthouse & Custom House
515 West First Street, Suite 417, Duluth, MN 55802-1397
Fergus Falls
Edward J. Devitt U.S. Courthouse & Federal Building
118 South Mill Street, 212 USPO Building, Fergus Falls, MN 56537
✓ Verified 2026-09-04 against mnd.uscourts.gov.
Office of the Federal Defender, District of Minnesota
Appointed by the court for people who cannot afford counsel in federal criminal cases; services are free once appointed. mn.fd.org
Minnesota Board of Public Defense
State-court public defense is organised by judicial district. Offices by county →
331 Second Avenue South, Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-349-2565
Arrested by federal agents, or told the case is going federal? Time limits and detention rules differ from state court. Criminal defense attorneys by county →