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Darrin S. Rick v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 23-2359 · judgment August 1, 2024
Certiorari denied · January 13, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the actual innocence/miscarriage of justice exception which allows federal courts to consider a habeas corpus petition otherwise precluded by a procedural bar should be extended to correct a fundamental miscarriage of justice in a civil commitment case which has resulted in indefinite confinement.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lance Ross Heisler
Heisler Law Office
For respondent
Brittany Dawn Lawonn
Hennepin County Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 13 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 04 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
- Nov 27 2024Waiver of right of respondent Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services to respond filed.
- Oct 29 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2024)