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Minnesota ACLU s COVID lawsuit against Department of Corrections can move forward, judge rules
The lawsuit alleges the Minnesota Department of Corrections violated inmates rights through its handling of the pandemic.
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A Ramsey County Court judge ruled Wednesday that the ACLU of Minnesota can go ahead with a lawsuit alleging the state’s COVID-19 approach in prisons violated inmates constitutional rights.
Judge Sara Grewing ruled that all inmates in the Minnesota Department of Corrections can be included in the class action lawsuit, which was filed in October.
The ACLU of Minnesota can also add Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota Department of Health and MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm as defendants along with the DOC.