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JOELSON v. O'KEEFE

Nos. C7-98-1973, C5-98-2121, C9-98-1974, C3-98-2246, C3-98-2120.

594 N.W.2d 905 (1999)

John Anton JOELSON, petitioner, Appellant, Clarence Pedro Patterson, petitioner, Appellant, Gary Alan Mattson, petitioner, Appellant, Julian A. Caprice, f/k/a Wilbert Buckhalton, petitioner, Appellant, Thomas Ray Duvall, Appellant, v. Michael O'KEEFE, Commissioner of Human Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied July 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Radtke, Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Steven J. Lokensgard, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondent Commissioner of Human Services.

Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Carolyn A. Peterson, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Hennepin County.

Considered and decided by RANDALL, Presiding Judge, HARTEN, Judge, and G. BARRY ANDERSON, Judge.

OPINION

HARTEN, Judge.

The appellants, all of whom have been committed indeterminately as psychopathic personalities, brought individual petitions for writs of habeas corpus to challenge the constitutionality of their commitments. The district courts denied the petitions and these appeals followed, which we consolidated because they raise similar legal issues. Respondent's motion to strike portions of the appendices...

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