Thorson v. Janssen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
BURKE THORSON,
Petitioner,
v.
VICKI JANSSEN, Commissioner of
Corrections,1
Respondent.
Case No. 25‐CV‐4825 (NEB/JFD)
ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION
The Court has received the January 6, 2026 Report and Recommendation of United
States Magistrate Judge John F. Docherty. (ECF No. 4.) No party has objected to that
Report and Recommendation, and the Court therefore reviews it for clear error. See Fed.
R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam). Finding
no 	clear 	error, 	and 	based 	upon 	all 	the 	files, 	records, 	and 	proceedings 	in 	the
above‐captioned matter, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. 	The Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 4) is ACCEPTED;
2. 	The Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (ECF No. 1) is DENIED WITHOUT
PREJUDICE;
1 Thorson sued “Vicki Janssen, Commissioner of Corrections,” but she is not the
Commissioner of Corrections for the State of Minnesota. As of 2019, Minnesota’s
Commissioner of Corrections is Paul Schnell. The identity of the respondent named in
the caption is immaterial to the Court’s adoption of the Report and Recommendation.
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3. 	Petitioner’s Emergency Motion for a Protective Order and Stay of Probation
Conditions (ECF No. 2) is DENIED AS MOOT;
4. 	The action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; and
5. 	No certificate of appealability be issued.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.
Dated: February 18, 2026 	BY THE COURT:
s/Nancy E. Brasel
Nancy E. Brasel
United States District Judge
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