Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 86 opinions matched; showing 1–50.

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a250890 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-23 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Rebecca Lee Treptow
… at: her constitutional rights were violated in a probation-violation matter; a harassment restraining order was improperly issued against her in another matter; and she did not receive adequate care in the county jail. We conclude that T …
a251241 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-16 Affirmed In the Matter of: Nicole Weber and OBO Minor Child v. Jesse Weber
… es involving the parties: (1) 71-CV-25-1263, in which husband’s petition for a harassment restraining order (HRO) against wife was denied; and (2) 71-FA-25-199, in which a temporary dissolution order was issued. …
a250438 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-02 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. William Louis Miller
… l. Miller appeals. 1 As we explain below, A.D.’s mother sought a harassment restraining order. We use “restraining order” when describing the evidence received at trial because that is the terminology used by the witnesses in …
a250980 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-02-23 Affirmed Benita M Brannon v. John Sterling Howe
… INION SEGAL, Judge Appellant challenges the district court’s grant of a harassment restraining order (HRO), arguing that his conduct was not objectively unreasonable and did not have a substantial adverse effect on respondent that …
a250265 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-01-20 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Lue Moua
… ts’ house. In January 2023, the district court granted mother’s petition for a harassment restraining order (HRO). The HRO ordered Moua not to have contact with mother or go to her home, which at the time, was grandparents’ house. Yet, M …
a251188 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-01-20 Affirmed Cole Robert Hooker v. David Sean Kennedy
… NONPRECEDENTIAL OPINION CONNOLLY, Judge In this dispute related to a harassment restraining order (HRO), pro se appellant argues that the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. Because the district court did not …
a250041 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-01-12 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Morris Robert Chie Ryan
… ily and caused damage to T.H.’s home. After T.H. called police and filed for a harassment restraining order against L.C., Meyers too became hostile toward T.H. T.H. eventually complained to L.C.’s landlord, and L.C. was evicted. L.C.’s c …
a250387 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-01-12 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. James Allan Denker
… t’s name in his squad car’s database, he learned that the driver had an active harassment restraining order against appellant. The officer also determined that the driver’s driving status was revoked. The officer arrested appellant …
a250978 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-01-12 Affirmed Jenna Marie Benzinger v. Roger Tabet
a250002 Minn. Ct. App. 2025-12-01 Affirmed Cole Marie Carlson v. Cory Ross Holte
… enges the district court’s grant of a former romantic partner’s petition for a harassment restraining order (HRO) against him. Because the district court did not clearly err in its findings and did not abuse its discretion in determining …
a241727 Minn. Ct. App. 2025-11-24 Affirmed Karla Lynn Mitchell v. Warren Mark Linn Black
… ant Warren Black demanded an evidentiary hearing to challenge a petition for a harassment restraining order (HRO) filed by respondent Karla Mitchell. The district court granted the HRO, reasoning that Black had violated active HROs by har …
a241471 Minn. Ct. App. 2025-10-27 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Kelci Marie Meyers
… icts continued to escalate, resulting in police intervention. T.H. filed for a harassment restraining order against Meyers’s roommate in early October 2023. Later that month, Meyers and her roommates were evicted. Meyers then began dating …
a231403 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-08-26 Affirmed Kia Angel Barnes for self and on behalf of minor children v. Corey Holiday
… NONPRECEDENTIAL OPINION ROSS, Judge The district court issued two harassment restraining orders—one against appellant Corey Holiday for harassing respondent Kia Barnes and the other against Barnes for harassing Holiday. Beca …
a231799 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-08-12 Affirmed Michelle Lynn Wilson v. Ryan Converse Wilson
… , tort or otherwise” does not operate as a waiver of a party’s right to seek a harassment restraining order based, in part, on conduct that occurred during the marriage. ∗ Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by ap …
a231524 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-06-10 Affirmed Joel Armen Underwood, III. v. State of Minnesota
a231063 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-06-03 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Casey Leon Holt
a231494 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-06-03 Affirmed Jamie Alysha Messerli v. Jonathan Warren Castillo
… e district court abused its discretion in granting respondent’s petition for a harassment restraining order (HRO), maintaining that the record does not support a determination of harassment. Because the district court’s order is supported …
a231117 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-05-20 Affirmed Fiorella Y Andrade Carpio and OBO Minor Child v. Brooke Lea Simpson
a231132 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-03-18 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Margaret Ann Frank
a230948 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-03-04 Affirmed Keegan James Rich Brouillette v. State of Minnesota
… innesota Statutes section 609.748, subdivision 6(b) (2016), which criminalizes harassment restraining order (HRO) violations. See Andersen, 946 N.W.2d at 630. At Andersen’s trial for violating an HRO by walking within 100 feet of the prot …
a230625 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-02-14 Affirmed In the Matter of: Kaycee Houde v. David Fryxell
… Appellant challenges the district court’s grant of respondent’s petition for a harassment restraining order (HRO), arguing that the HRO was based on conduct that did  Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointm …
a230263 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-01-29 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Benton Louis Beyer
… 4 A.R. subsequently obtained an ex parte harassment restraining order (HRO) against Beyer on behalf of herself and her minor children. The HRO prohibited Beyer from being within 1,000 feet of the fam …
a230606 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-01-16 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Daniel Roy Luckhardt
… ceived a stay of adjudication on a presumptive prison sentence for violating a harassment restraining order on December 30, 2019, as part of a plea agreement. Luckhardt was later charged with a probation violation, and his probation was …
a230575 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-01-08 Affirmed Lindsay Allyn Yates Plumer v. Joseph Mark Plumer, Jr.
A16-0465 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-02-06 Affirmed Jane Doe v. Kmart Corporation
… e “consequences to [her] actions.” In November 2013, Jane Doe petitioned for a harassment restraining order (HRO) against G.Z. The petition was granted. After the HRO was issued, Jane Doe testified that the stalking became “more vague” b …
A16-613 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-23 Affirmed Grace Elizabeth Miller v. Brock Fredin
… Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” The district court granted Grace Miller a harassment restraining order against Brock Fredin after Miller ended their romantic relationship. Fredin argues on appeal that his post-relationship internet p …
A16-850 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-17 Affirmed David Brian Pemrick v. Lori Ann Bucher
… artment (PD) that Pemrick pushed her. Bucher then took steps to obtain a harassment restraining order (HRO) against Pemrick. Bucher asserted in an HRO affidavit that she had been shoved by Pemrick. On February 10, 2015, Bucher obta …
A16-113 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-09 Affirmed In re: Guardianship and Conservatorship of Adeline v. Dorosh
… 8 principally spent on a Hennepin County District Court harassment restraining order against [appellant] . . . that ended up in a continuance for dismissal and ultimately a dismissal” and that he did not “think tha …
A15-1645 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-05 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Donald Joseph Hall, Jr.
A15-1896 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-05 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Abel Gonyamonquah Miamen
… of an order for protection under section 518B.01; violation of a harassment restraining order under section 609.748; or violation of section 609.749 or 609.79, subdivision 1. “Domestic abuse” and “ …
A16-664 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-05 Affirmed Peter Richard Rickmyer v. G4S Secure Solutions (USA), Inc.
… court’s denial of his request to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in seeking a harassment restraining order (HRO) to prevent respondent from enforcing a no-trespass notice against him. Because we conclude that the district court did not …
A16-181 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-11-28 Affirmed Luis Gerardo Garcia Urbano v. State of Minnesota
… e count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, and G.R.’s parents obtained a harassment restraining order against Urbano, forbidding him to have any contact with G.R. or her family. In November 2014, G.R.’s mother found Urbano u …
A15-1811 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-31 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Joel Thomas Samuelson
… ppeal, he argues that his conviction should be reversed on the ground that the harassment restraining order violated his constitutional right to travel. We conclude that Samuelson is precluded from challenging the constitutionality of the …
A15-1471 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-11 Affirmed In the Marriage of: Robert Peter Crowley v. Bridget Marie Meyer
… ther court action. In April 2013, Crowley moved for, and received, an ex parte harassment restraining order against Meyer on behalf of himself and the two children. In July 2013, the district court ordered that Crowley retain te …
A15-1701 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Juanel Anthony Mikulak
… 840 N.W.2d at 24, and in Gunderson, the defendant was charged with violating a harassment restraining order, and he testified that he did not believe that the order prohibited the actions for which he was charged. 812 N.W.2d at 159. Neit …
A15-1879 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-09-19 Affirmed Susan Esther Safstrom v. Justina Elise Morin, and Justina Elise Morin obo minor children …
… Justina Morin and Susan Safstrom are neighbors who each filed a petition for a harassment restraining order against the other to settle a lengthy feud mostly about smoke emanating from fires on Morin’s property. The district court granted …
A16-146 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-29 Affirmed Nathan Gregor v. Dawn Marie Buttera Gregor
… ing respondents Nathan Gregor and Stephanie Cunningham Gregor’s petition for a harassment restraining order (HRO) against her. Appellant argues that the district court abused its discretion by concluding she had engaged in harassment by m …
A16-251 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-29 Affirmed Sharper Management, LLC v. Melvin Pittel
A15-1395 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-07-18 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. William James Nichols
… es that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction for violating a harassment restraining order (HRO). We affirm. FACTS P.F.-O. owns and operates an automotive-repair garage. P. …
A15-1745 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-07-05 Affirmed Brittany Ann Vacko v. Rebecca Lee Treptow
… reptow’s motion, concluding that Treptow “didn’t meet her burden to vacate the harassment restraining order under Minn. R. Civ. P. 60.02.” During this time period, Treptow was on probation for an unrelated matter. On November 5, 20 …
A15-1373 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-20 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Joseph Douglas Ankney
… a person whom the peace officer has probable cause to believe has violated” a harassment restraining order. Minn. Stat. § 609.748, subd. 6(g) (2014) (emphasis added); see Minn. Stat. § 645.44, subd. 16 (“‘Shall’ is mandatory.”) (2014); …
A15-1743 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-13 Affirmed Colleen Marie Berg v. Michael Vincent Flaherty
… Appellant Michael Vincent Flaherty challenges the district court’s grant of a harassment restraining order (HRO) to respondent Colleen Marie Berg for more than two years. Because the record supports both the issuance of the HRO and the d …
A15-1618 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-13 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Allen Maurice Moffett
… retrial matters, arguing that (1) he should have been charged with violating a harassment restraining order instead of an OFP; (2) the bail or bond amount was too high; and (3) the district court erred when it granted B.L.S. an OFP but d …
A15-748 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-05-16 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Mackey Keyota Drake
… of an order for protection under section 518B.01; violation of a harassment restraining order under section 609.748; or violation of section 609.749 [stalking] or 609.79, subdivision 1 [obscene or …
A15-1107 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-25 Affirmed Clarinda Low v. Travis Russell Yorek
… between appellant and respondent that resolved the parties’ dispute about the harassment restraining orders they had against each other. Appellant argues that the district court erred by issuing an order adopting the parties’ agreement …
A15-1084 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-18 Affirmed Rebecca Lee Treptow v. Brittany Ann Layland Vacko
A15-1440 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-18 Affirmed Adrianne Robbennolt and obo minor child v. Sandi Weigum
… UNPUBLISHED OPINION PETERSON, Judge Pro se appellant challenges a harassment restraining order (HRO) granted to pro se respondent and her minor child. Appellant also filed a motion in this court asking us to consider materia …
A15-1078 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-11 Affirmed Merceil Burkhalter v. Dedrick D. Mays, Building Trades Federal Credit Union
… r Burkhalter failed to keep up on the mortgage payments. Burkhalter obtained a harassment restraining order against Mays, Glenda Martin, and another family member. Mays began an eviction proceeding to oust Burkhalter from the home. And Bu …
A15-1231 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-04 Affirmed Shauna Marie Krupicka v. Paul John Hassinger
… challenges the district court’s order denying his motion to modify or vacate a harassment restraining order (HRO) issued against him. We affirm. FACTS In February 2014, the district court …
A15-1261 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-03-28 Affirmed Joyce Sammon v. Kim Halvorson
… certain relevant evidence. Because the evidence sufficiently supports the harassment restraining order and the district court did not abuse its discretion by ruling certain evidence inadmissible, we affirm. …