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Court

Minnesota Unified County

Minnesota

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Case Information

Filed 2022-06-16
Status Under Court Jurisdiction
Type Commitment - Mentally Ill & Chemically Dependent
Docket 52 entries

Parties

Plaintiff Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services
Defendant BALL, MICHAEL LOU
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Judge

Hon. Knutsen Dwayne

Becker County (MN)

Minnesota

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Docket Entries

  1. Examiner's Report in Support of Petition for Commitment Index # 1
  2. Pre-Petition Screening Report Index # 2
  3. Petition for Judicial Commitment Index # 3
  4. Order Appointing Examiner and Attorney Index # 4 (Judicial Officer: Helgeson, Keith )
  5. Order for Apprehension, Confinement and Notice of Hrg Index # 5 (Judicial Officer: Helgeson, Keith )
  6. Correspondence Index # 6
  7. Proposed Order or Document Index # 7
  8. Proposed Order or Document Index # 8
  9. Certify Personal Service Index # 9
  10. Preliminary/Probable Cause Hearing (3:00 PM) (Judicial Officer Knutsen, Dwayne) Result: Held On the Record
  11. Hearing Held Remote
  12. Order for Commitment Index # 10 (Judicial Officer: Knutsen, Dwayne )
  13. CANCELED Commitment Hearing (2:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Fischer, Jennifer) Other
  14. Change of Status Report Index # 11
  15. Change of Status Report Index # 12
  16. Provisional Discharge Index # 13
  17. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 07/08/2022
  18. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 07/08/2022
  19. Notice of Intent to Revoke Provisional Discharge Index # 14
  20. Proposed Order or Document Index # 15
  21. Request to Apprehend and Hold Index # 16
  22. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 07/21/2022
  23. e-Service Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Served 07/21/2022
  24. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 07/21/2022
  25. e-Service Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Served 07/21/2022
  26. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 07/21/2022
  27. e-Service Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Served 07/21/2022
  28. Warrant Issued Index # 17
  29. Request to Apprehend and Hold Index # 18
  30. Proposed Order or Document Index # 19
  31. e-Service Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Served 07/25/2022
  32. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 07/25/2022
  33. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 07/25/2022
  34. e-Service Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Served 07/25/2022
  35. Warrant Recalled Index # 20
  36. Warrant Issued Index # 21
  37. Proposed Order or Document Index # 22
  38. e-Service Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Served 07/26/2022
  39. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 07/26/2022
  40. Order-Other Index # 23 (Judicial Officer: Beckman, Stephanie L. )
  41. Change of Status Report Index # 24
  42. Provisional Discharge Index # 25
  43. Correspondence for Judicial Approval Index # 26
  44. e-Service Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Served 08/04/2022
  45. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 08/04/2022
  46. Correspondence Index # 27
  47. Warrant Recalled Index # 28
  48. 60-90 Day Commitment Report Index # 29
  49. Report-Other Index # 30
  50. e-Service Kandiyohi County Health and Human Services Served 08/31/2022
  51. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 08/31/2022
  52. e-Service BALL, MICHAEL LOU Served 08/31/2022

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