No. 24-500

Darrin S. Rick v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: actual-innocence civil-commitment habeas-corpus indefinite-confinement miscarriage-of-justice procedural-bar
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the actual innocence 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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the actual 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.

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-27
Waiver of right of respondent Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services to respond filed.
2024-10-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2024)

Attorneys

Darrin S. Rick
Lance Ross HeislerHeisler Law Office, Petitioner
Lance Ross HeislerHeisler Law Office, Petitioner
Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Brittany Dawn LawonnHennepin County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Brittany Dawn LawonnHennepin County Attorney's Office, Respondent