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Keith Allen Kiefer v. Isanti County, Minnesota, et al.

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Minnesota, No. A24-1574 · judgment June 23, 2025


Certiorari denied · February 23, 2026
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

To protect the right of access to the courts under the First Amendment’s Petition Clause, during the petition stage of this Court seeking review of federal constitutional claims arising from a federal court action with supplemental state tort claims, whether this Court’s petition stage is a statutory right to petition under 28 U.S.C. §2101(c) (granting 90 days to file a petition for a writ of certiorari) as a “federal court proceeding” and hence, a filed petition a matter “pending” sub judice as declared in 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) to continue the tolling of state tort statute of limitations until a final Court order is issued.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Erick G. Kaardal
Mohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A.

For respondent
Paul Donald Reuvers
Iverson Reuvers, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 04 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  3. Dec 31 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Isanti County to respond filed.
  4. Dec 16 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2026)