Minnesota: 1999 Law Requiring Sex Offenders To Undergo Mental Health Treatment Cannot Be Applied Retroactively by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Minnesota Court of Appeals held that a 1999 statutory amendment mandating all sex offenders to undergo mental health treatment was an ex post facto law as applied …
Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections Not Immune From Section 1983 Suit Seeking Injunctive Relief by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the Commissioner of Corrections does not enjoy absolute immunity from injunctive relief when acting in her “quasi-judicial” capacity to review a lifer’s suitability …
Mrozek v. Ringler et al, MN, Complaint, sex offender treatment roommate sexual assault, 2011 CASE 0:11-cv-02572-JRT-SER Document 1 Filed 09/07/11 Page 1 of 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Civil Case No. ________________________________________________________________________ Michael Mrozek, Plaintiff, vs. COMPLAINT Holly Ringler, Jana Skye Brister, Vicky Meyer, Robert Rose, Angela …
Uproar Over Background Checks for BP Oil Spill Workers Following Rape Allegation Against Sex Offender by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A brouhaha has erupted in Mississippi after an unregistered sex offender, who was working on the BP oil spill cleanup, was charged with raping a co-worker. The uproar …
Minnesota DOC Releases Study on Impact of Prison-Based Sex Offender Treatment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In March 2010 the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) released a report on the impact of in-prison sex offender treatment programs on recidivism rates. The results of the study “suggest that prison-based treatment …
Eighth Circuit Dismisses Appeal Where Parties Attempted to Manufacture Jurisdiction by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has rejected an attempt by the parties in a suit against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) to manufacture appellate jurisdiction for an interlocutory appeal from a district court’s grant of …
Cavity Searches of Civil Commitment Patients for Cellphone Upheld by Eighth Circuit by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a strip search of 150 Minnesota civil commitment patients, but warned that it was “a close question of constitutional law,” which reached the outer limits of acceptable conduct. On October …
Bahl v. County of Ramsey, MN, Order, No ASL Interpreter Provided to Arrestee, 2010 CASE 0:08-cv-05001-DSD-JJG Document 135 Filed 12/29/10 Page 1 of 28 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Douglas Duane Bahl and Susan Kovacs-Bahl, Civil No. 08-5001(DSD/JJG) Plaintiffs, ORDER v. County of Ramsey, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department …
Thomas v. Minneota, MN, Judgment, False Arrest, 2010 CASE 0:10-cv-02303-MJD-JJG Document 9 Filed 08/05/10 Page 1 of 1 OAO450 (Rev. 5/85) Judgment in a Civil Case UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT District of Minnesota ERICK FONTAIN THOMAS JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE V. Case Number: 10-cv-2303 (MJD/JJG) STATE OF MINNESOTA Jury …
Thomas v. Minnesota, MN, Motion to Vacate Sentence, False Arrest, 2010 CASE 0:10-cv-02303-MJD-JJG Document 1 Filed 06/09/10 Page 1 of 7 AD 241 PETITION UNDER 28 USC § 2254 FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY A PERSON IN STATE CUSTODY (Rev. 5/85) District ~nit.e.o ~tat.e13 JBistrid ([OUr! Prisoner No. Name …
McCaster v. Ramsey County, MN, Settlement, Failure to Treat TB, 2010 CASE 0:08-cv-05779-RHK-AJB Document 104-1 Filed 05/10/10 Page 1 of 81 CASE 0:08-cv-05779-RHK-AJB Document 104-1 Filed 05/10/10 Page 2 of 81 CASE 0:08-cv-05779-RHK-AJB Document 104-1 Filed 05/10/10 Page 3 of 81 CASE 0:08-cv-05779-RHK-AJB Document 104-1 Filed 05/10/10 Page 4 of …
Andersen v Becker Co. MN Settlement Transaction of Settlement Attorney Calls Monitored 2010 CASE 0:08-cv-05687-ADM-RLE Document 82 Filed 05/04/10 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA -----------------------------------------------------------) KENNETH E. ANDERSEN and ) CIVIL ACTION DELL D. HOLM, on behalf of ) NO. 08-5687 (ADM/RLE) themselves and …
Eighth Circuit Rejects Failure to Protect Claim by On July 9, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected a failure to protect claim brought by the family of a prisoner who was killed at the Sherburne County Jail in Minnesota. Carl Moyle was killed by his …
Minnesota Holds DNA Testing Upon Arrest Unconstitutional by The Minnesota Court of Appeals has declared unconstitutional a state law mandating that biological samples be drawn for DNA testing upon arrest. A DNA sample may be taken for the purpose of producing evidence of a crime, but only after a warrant …
Andersen v. Becker County, MN, Settlement, Monitoring of Atty Calls, 2010 CASE 0:08-cv-05687-ADM-RLE Document 82 Filed 05/04/10 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA -----------------------------------------------------------) KENNETH E. ANDERSEN and ) CIVIL ACTION DELL D. HOLM, on behalf of ) NO. 08-5687 (ADM/RLE) themselves and all others …
8th Circuit Affirms $10,000 Excessive Force Verdict by On November 4, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a $10,000 jury verdict for a Minnesota man who was subjected to excessive force by a University of Minnesota police officer. Charles Gill sued officer Geoff Maciejewski after …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment In FOIA Case by On April 29, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a grant of summary judgment for the FBI in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit brought by Leonard Peltier. Peltier was convicted in 1977 of murdering …
Costs of Incarceration Assessed Upon Minnesota Detainees by Minnesota’s Court of Appeals has held that under Minn. Stat. § 641.12 subd. 3(a)(2008), a county may require a convicted offender to pay costs of confinement in a county jail that accrued before the offender was convicted. The statute provides, “A county …
One Day Delay in X-Ray of Broken Jaw Not Deliberate Indifference by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a jail nurse’s one-day delay in having a prisoner’s broken jaw x-rayed was not deliberate indifference of a serious medical need. The ruling came in the appeal of Philander Jenkins, …
McCaster v. Ramsey County, MN, Complaint, Failure to Treat TB, 2009 CASE 0:09-cv-03196-RHK-AJB Document 1 Filed 11/16/09 Page 1 of 23 CASE 0:09-cv-03196-RHK-AJB Document 1 Filed 11/16/09 Page 2 of 23 CASE 0:09-cv-03196-RHK-AJB Document 1 Filed 11/16/09 Page 3 of 23 CASE 0:09-cv-03196-RHK-AJB Document 1 Filed 11/16/09 Page 4 of …
