MITCHELL v. SMITH

No. A12-0077.

817 N.W.2d 742 (2012)

Alphonso MITCHELL, Appellant, v. Michelle SMITH, Warden Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford Colbert , Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners, Paul Ziezulewicz , Certified Student Attorney, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Gina D. Jensen , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by ROSS, Presiding Judge; WRIGHT, Judge; and MUEHLBERG, Judge.


OPINION

WRIGHT, Judge.

Appellant, a prison inmate and convicted sex offender, challenges the Minnesota Department of Corrections policy that precludes appellant from visiting with his minor child while incarcerated. He asserts that the policy deprives him of a substantive-due-process right to parent his minor daughter. The district court granted summary judgment for respondent prison warden, and we affirm.

FACTS

Appellant Alphonso Mitchell...

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