It’s been two days since the 8th circuit court of appeals dropped its bombshell decision overturning the basis used for releasing more than a thousand illegal aliens in Minnesota under…
We hit 1,000 habeas corpus cases in Minnesota (for 2026) back on February 25. In the almost three weeks since, we have managed to inch up to only 1,081 (to…
Edgar Vinicio Pilamunga-Toalombo represents a rare cross-over case: an apparent illegal alien with one federal judge considering a habeas corpus petition for his release, with another federal judge having ordered…
Local media discover the phenomenon that your correspondent has been reporting on for weeks. Of course, in their telling of it, habeas corpus is a fabulous thing. So far this…
It’s only Wednesday morning, but I’m going out on a limb and awarding Minnesota Man of the Week honors to Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, age 40, of Mexico. Munoz is on…
Kevin Contreras-Contreras of Mexico is our Minnesota Man of the Week. He wins the Weekly honors on account of the utterly mundane nature of his case. It shows the system…
Luis Gerardo Gomez-Esteban is our Minnesota Man of the Week. Gomez is a 36-year-old Guatemalan. We have been tracking felony cases brought in federal district court for re-entry of previously…
Nicolas Lopez-Juarez, age 28, billed out of St. James, then St. Peter, then Melrose, is our Minnesota Man of the week. A Guatemalan national, Lopez has been charged with one…
Julian Onesimo Narvaez-Ramirez, a late entrant in a crowded and competitive field, came out of nowhere to sweep the Minnesota Dad of the Month honors. Mr. Narvaez, age 53, was…
Our Minnesota Man of the week found himself in Federal Court in downtown Minneapolis this Friday morning, pleading guilty to a felony count. Your correspondent was there. At one point…
Meet your neighbor, Ezequiel Rojas-Gasca, aged 43, of Rochester, MN. Mr. Rojas spent several hours this afternoon at the Federal Courthouse in downtown St. Paul where much due process occurred.…