Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 875 opinions matched; showing 1–50.

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a251510 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-09 Affirmed Antoine C. Whitner v. Tracy Beltz
… der treatment. On April 3, 2025, appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the DOC and respondent Tracy Beltz, as warden at Minnesota Correctional Facility- Faribault, where appellant is incarcerated, vio …
a250429 Minn. Ct. App. 2025-12-15 Affirmed Brenda Thormodson v. Kathryn Rae Zehnder
… ommitment of Swope, 26 N.W.3d 275, 281, 283, 285-86 (Minn. 2025) (holding that habeas corpus and mandamus petitions constituted proceedings under Minnesota Statutes chapter 253B for the purpose of the appointed- counsel statute; noting t …
A24-0128 Minn. 2025-10-08 Reversed In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Anthony Blake Swope
… ment proceedings. After appointed counsel petitioned for writs of mandamus and habeas corpus to enforce Swope’s right to be admitted to a state-operated treatment program, the county of commitment, respondent Scott County, refused to pay …
a240128 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-09-16 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Anthony Blake Swope
… “proceedings under this chapter.” Because a petition for a writ of mandamus or habeas corpus is not a civil-commitment proceeding under the chapter, chapter 253B does not authorize a district court to order a county to pay attorney fees …
A230980 Minn. 2024-07-03 Affirmed Harry Jerome Evans v. State of Minnesota
… o deny the petition. Id. at 50. Evans next filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal court, alleging 11 grounds for relief, including several claims similar to those that he made in his appeals to our court in 2008 and …
A221826 Minn. 2024-06-12 Reversed and remanded Tokvan Ly v. Jodi Harpstead, Minnesota Commissioner of Human Services
… ere mental illness. Accordingly, he filed a petition for writs of mandamus and habeas corpus in Scott County District Court alleging, among other things, that the Commissioner was failing to comply with a mandatory duty to admit him to tr …
A211101 Minn. 2024-05-08 Reversed State of Minnesota v. Anthony James Trifiletti
… uld have sought to secure the presence of the witness at trial under a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum issued by a state or federal court and stated that the state prosecutors “made no effort to avail themselves of either . . . mea …
a231121 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-04-08 Affirmed Ronald Lindsey Reed v. Minnesota Department of Corrections
… , Judge Appellant challenges the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the district court erred because the impact caused by changes to the parole authority and process, which makes it more difficult t …
a231215 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-03-25 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel. Nicole Rae Cloud v. Paul Schnell, Commissioner of Corrections…
… ans “more than once.” Cloud petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, once again arguing that the hearing officer erred in concluding that “repeatedly” means more than once and that he had no discretion to continu …
a231199 Minn. Ct. App. 2024-02-26 Reversed In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: K. O. and D. W., Commissioner of Human Serv…
… 8-59, 663. While Young was in prison, a district court denied his petition for habeas corpus. Id. at 661. After Young filed his appeal from the denial of his habeas petition, the DOC conditionally released him and then argued the appeal …
A18-0323; A18-0333 Minn. Ct. App. 2018-10-22 Granted In re G. J. Parents F.
… 97 S.Ct. 1730 , 52 L.Ed.2d 203 (1977) (discussing, in the context of a federal habeas corpus proceeding, a limited circumstance in which a state court's final judgment may be collaterally attacked); Bode v. Minn. Dep't of Nat. Res. , 612 N …
A17-1754 Minn. 2018-06-06 Denied Wayne v. State
… credibility. Id. at 447-48 . Wayne subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court for the District of Minnesota. The court denied his petition, and the Eighth Circuit affirmed, highlighting the same credibility …
A17-1278 Minn. Ct. App. 2018-04-09 Stayed State v. Roy
… Appellant challenges the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing, in part, that respondent Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections (commissioner) exceeded his authority by using review hearings as a decis …
A17-1073 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-10-09 Modified State ex rel. Huseby v. Roy
… of the district court’s June 28, 2017 order denying his petition for, a writ of habeas corpus. The court rejected appellant’s claim that his five-year conditional release term should be modified because he was “released from prison” when he …
A16-0265 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-02-13 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Jacob Michael McKinley
A16-1142 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-17 Affirmed Brett Thomas Green v. State of Minnesota
… eration as a disciplinary measure “may be obtained by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which the Commissioner is a named party.” Id. We therefore decline to reach the merits of Green’s claim regarding his extended incarceration. …
A16-283 Minn. 2017-01-11 Granted In re Timothy Leslie, Dakota County Sheriff, State of Minnesota v. John David Emerson
… thout prejudice, which would have allowed him to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus—a civil action authorized by Minnesota Statutes chapter 589 (2016). Schnagl, 859 N.W.2d at 303. In such an action, Schnagl could name the …
A16-788 Minn. Ct. App. 2017-01-09 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Joel Patrick Rodriguez
… generally Minn. Stat. §§ 589.01–.35 (2014) (providing for issuance of writ of habeas corpus upon application and order to sheriff requiring transportation of prisoner for appearance before district court). The state, however, argues that …
A16-970 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-27 Affirmed John Howard Bartz v. State of Minnesota
… commissioner’s implementation of the sentence by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which the commissioner is named as a party. Id. at 304. Modification of Sentence Appellant argues that the district court erred …
A16-462 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-05 Affirmed Joel Marvin Munt v. Michelle Smith, Warden, MCF-OPH
… ly confronting an education employee in the prison’s law library. Munt filed a habeas corpus petition after his release from segregation, asserting that he was innocent of the offense, that the disorderly-conduct prison regulation violate …
A15-1349 Minn. 2016-11-16 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel. Demetris L. Duncan v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… RSON, Justice. Appellant Demetris Duncan filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that the Department of Corrections (DOC) had incorrectly calculated the expiration date of his sentence. Specifically, Duncan argued t …
A16-829 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-31 Affirmed Casimir Robert Krithers v. State of Minnesota
… Judge In this appeal from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, appellant argues that (1) he is illegally confined in pretrial detention based on information that the state obtained from listening to recordi …
A16-381 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-17 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded Eric Matthew Hopper v. Tom Roy, Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections
… or approval from his supervising agent. Hopper petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that his placement on intensive supervised release and his Internet-use condition constitute ex post facto punishment and that his rele …
A16-428 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel. Anthony Alan Early v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… allenged the extension of his incarceration by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleged that being required to participate in sex-offender treatment, or having his incarceration extended for refusing to participate, is a …
A15-1923 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-10-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Mark William Latimer
… t. 12, 2010) (affirming the district court’s denial of the petition for writ of habeas corpus because appellant “failed to demonstrate any due-process violation”), review denied (Minn. Dec. 14, 2010). These arguments are not properly befo …
A16-960 Minn. 2016-09-28 Dismissed Minnesota Voters Alliance and Kirk Stensrud v. Steve Simon, only in his official capacity…
… es in the proceedings that would be required by entertaining original writs of habeas corpus”); cf. State ex rel. Grubbs v. Schulz, 142 Minn. 112, 113-14, 171 N.W. 263, 264 (1919) (explaining that our court could “undoubtedly entertain o …
A16-145 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-09-06 Affirmed John Excel Arradondo v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… Arradondo challenges the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Because Arradondo cannot challenge his original  Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. Co …
A16-499 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-29 Affirmed Darrel Mckee v. Steve Hammer
… in forma pauperis (IFP) and dismissal of his attendant petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. FACTS In 2000, appellant Darrel Mckee pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in H …
A16-351 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-08-22 Affirmed Joseph Bergeron v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… t he had violated conditions of his release. Bergeron petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he is unlawfully confined on the ground that his sentence expired in 2013. The district court dismissed Bergeron’s petition. We aff …
A14-1186 Minn. 2016-08-10 Denied Lane Francis Weitzel v. State of Minnesota
… urt considered the 1-year limitation period for filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (d)(l)(A)(2012). Day, 547 U.S. at 201 , 126 S.Ct. 1675 . Th …
A16-320 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-07-18 Affirmed Calvin Boswell, Jr. v. State of Minnesota
… ant’s petition for further review. Appellant also filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in 2008. Appellant’s age and lack of educational attainment did not prevent him from filing his direct appeal, his petition for further review, …
A15-1475 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-20 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel., Gregory Eugene Ward v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… Ward challenges the district court’s decision denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus and upholding the department of correction’s recalculation of his conditional-release period. Ward bases his appeal on a theory we rejected on th …
A15-1416 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-20 Affirmed Desmon Demond Burks v. State of Minnesota
… text of civil litigation. But equitable tolling has been applied to the federal habeas corpus statute. See Roby v. State, 808 N.W.2d 20, 30 (Minn. 2011) (“[T]he federal habeas corpus statute’s time limit is tolled when a petitioner pursues …
A15-1401 Minn. 2016-06-15 Affirmed Jerome Emmanuel Davis v. State of Minnesota
… 12. Davis, 820 N.W.2d at 528. Davis then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court in September 2013. See Davis v. Grandlienard, Civil No. 13-24449(DSD/JJK), 2015 WL 1522186, at *1 (D. Minn. Mar. 31, 2 …
A15-1704 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-06-13 Affirmed Jason Dean Ligtenberg v. State of Minnesota
… r review. In November 2014, Ligtenberg petitioned the supreme court for habeas corpus relief, which the supreme court dismissed. He filed this third petition for postconviction relief in June 2015, and the district court denied it …
A15-1580 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-04-11 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel., Branden Lee Pollard v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… nt challenges the district court’s decision denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he is entitled to have his ten-year conditional-release term reduced by the final one-third of his executed sentence. Appellant ser …
A13-560 Minn. 2016-02-17 Stayed Thomas Daniel Rhodes v. State of Minnesota, A13-560
… ions is twice as long as the 1-year statute of limitations for bringing federal habeas corpus claims. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (d)(1) (2012) (“A 1-year period of limitations shall apply to an application for a writ of habeas corpus by a person …
A15-372 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-02-01 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Taylor Rod
… strict court. On November 13, 2014, the district court issued a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum and order for transportation of Rod to the court. Rod therefore was transported to the court, where he pleaded guilty to causing …
A15-1544 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-01-11 Affirmed James David McBroom v. Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak Park Heights
… ly 23, 2015 order denying him relief and dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In that petition, McBroom challenged the imposition of 105 days of extended incarceration for violation of prison disciplinary rules prohibitin …
A14-2138 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-01-04 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Carlos Alfredo Rios
… rict court issued a 2 writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum to the U.S. Marshal, requesting custody of appellant for his appearance at a plea hearing in Minnesota on the December 2012 charg …
A15-817 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-21 Affirmed Jerry Duwenhoegger, Sr. v. State of Minnesota
… ation to proceed in forma pauperis and his accompanying petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. FACTS Appellant Jerry Duwenhoegger, Sr. was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to …
A15-1349 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-11-09 Affirmed State of Minnesota, ex rel. Demetris L. Duncan v. Tom Roy, Commissioner of Corrections
… 8, 2016, to December 30, 2021. Duncan filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Chisago County on September 24, 2014. In November 2014, Duncan located approved housing, and on December 11, 2014, he was released in the com …
A14-2165 Minn. 2015-10-21 Affirmed Darryl Colbert v. State of Minnesota
… meritless. Id. at 653–57. Colbert subsequently petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court asserting the same three grounds for relief he had raised in his direct appeal. See Colbert v. Minnesota, No. 06-4407, …
A13-2362 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-09-14 Reversed State of Minnesota v. Richard Allen Ihnot
… the sentence imposed may be obtained by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which the [DOC] is a named party. Id. at 303 (footnote omitted). Here, through a motion to correct his sentence under rule 27.03, subd …
A14-1402 Minn. 2015-08-05 Affirmed Harry Jerome Evans v. State of Minnesota
… fective. Id. at 45-47.1 1 Evans also petitioned for a federal writ of habeas corpus. The federal magistrate judge recommended denying Evans’s petition for substantially the same reasons as in Evans I and II. Evans v. King, No. CIV …
A14-1970, A15-158 Minn. 2015-07-29 Denied Otha Eric Townsend v. State of Minnesota
… l of reasonableness.” Id. Townsend then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking a new trial and asking for the application of the harmless error standard. Townsend v. State (Townsend III), 646 N.W.2d 218, 219 (Minn. 20 …
A14-1186 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-07-20 Affirmed Lane Francis Weitzel v. State of Minnesota
… iod in which a state-court criminal offender may file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in a federal district court. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A) (2012). In Day, the State of Florida filed an answer in which it asserted that, after con …
A14-2203 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-06-22 Affirmed Ronald Dallmann v. Tom Roy
… rules. On September 18, 2014, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and an application to proceed IFP. Appellant challenged the February 2014 HRU decision, alleging that the 180 day re-imprisonment violated Minn. …
A14-84 Minn. 2015-06-17 Affirmed LaMonte Rydell Martin v. State of Minnesota
… ansas Supreme Court that affirmed the dismissal of Jackson's state petition for habeas corpus. Miller,-U.S. at-, 132 S.Ct. at 2461, 2463 . In Miller , the Court granted certiorari to review a decision by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeal …
A13-1624 Minn. 2015-04-22 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Thomas James Fox
… ot addressed here because they are more appropriately raised in a petition for habeas corpus relief or in a civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012). See Kelsey v. State, 283 N.W.2d 892, 895 (Minn. 1979) (stating that habeas corpus may …