Expungement

In Housing & Redevelopment Authority of Duluth, MN v. Young, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that district courts have the inherent authority to expunge judicially held eviction records.  Young was evicted from an apartment.  After his eviction, he became homeless and claimed resulting harm to his mental and physical health.  Moreover, while housed, he had received care from a personal-care assistant, which he could no longer have without a home.  Instead of seeking expungement of his record under various statutory criteria, he sought expungement under the court’s inherent authority.  In holding that the district court had inherent expungement authority,... Read More