Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 31 opinions matched.

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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, …