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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled Feb. 4, 2026

Rachuy v. Rardin

Judge
Laura Provinzino
Docket
0:25-cv-00343
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
HabeasCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Rachuy v. Rardin, Judge Provinzino denied Rachuy’s habeas petition as moot and dismissed the matter without prejudice.

Who this affects

Gale A. Rachuy’s habeas petition was denied as moot, and the matter was dismissed without prejudice; the order also affected respondent Jared Rardin, Warden, as the named respondent.

What happened

In Gale A. Rachuy v. Jared Rardin, Warden, Rachuy asked the federal court to grant his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

A magistrate judge recommended denying the petition because Rachuy’s claims were moot. Rachuy did not object, and the court found no clear error in that recommendation.

Judge Laura M. Provinzino adopted the recommendation, denied the petition as moot, and dismissed the matter without prejudice.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Rachuy v. Rardin · No. 0:25-cv-00343
Judge
Laura M. Provinzino
Date
Feb. 4, 2026

Background

Petitioner Gale A. Rachuy filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The matter came before the court on a Report and Recommendation issued by United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright on November 20, 2025.

Reasoning

The Report and Recommendation concluded that Rachuy’s claims were moot, meaning that the court no longer had a live dispute to resolve. Rachuy did not file objections. Because there were no objections, the district court reviewed the recommendation for clear error and found none.

Ruling

The court adopted the Report and Recommendation in full. Judge Laura M. Provinzino ordered that Rachuy’s habeas petition be denied as moot and that the matter be dismissed without prejudice. The court also directed that judgment be entered.

The authoritative version

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