ST. PAUL — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is shaving some time off his upcoming trade trip to Mexico to be at a court conference on the state’s sex offender confinement program.

Dayton’s office said Thursday he would be at the Aug. 10 conference on possible changes to the civil commitment program that a federal judge ruled unconstitutional. Judge Donovan Frank has asked the governor and legislative leaders to appear for the start of a remedy phase.

Dayton was supposed to leave a day earlier on a state trade mission. Deputy Chief of Staff Linden Zakula said the governor’s travel schedule has been rearranged so Dayton can join up with other participants at a later date. Zakula sayidDayton will miss some meetings in Mexico that couldn’t be changed.