In a 20 page order for judgement dated June 7, district court judge Joseph F. Chase dismissed Interchange owner Lisa Hanson's counterclaims against the State. We embed the document at the bottom of this post.
Quite a read.
Like all of the documents in the case, the document announcing the judgement is available via the relatively new Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO) system. The access portal for MCRO is here. The user needs a court case number to locate a case.
On page 13, Judge Joseph Chase observes:
I mean no disrespect to Ms. Hanson who is plainly a person of intelligence and conviction. But in the present case we see the problem that can result when those without legal training and knowledge, untethered from ‘the rules of law and the practice of courts,’ attempt to represent business entities in court. Ms. Hanson’s outlandish conceptions and filings (for example, the ‘orders’ and ‘judgments’ of the ‘Hanson court’) comprise a kind of Frankenstein’s monster of pseudo-legal nonsense that illustrates precisely why untrained and perhaps misinformed lay people are not permitted to practice law on behalf of business entities in Minnesota.
We found one example of this behavior on Hanson's Be The Interchange website. On the Court Documents page, visitors can read this text (and we have saved a screenshot, should the text change:
Court Documents
The Hanson Court counterclaims are exposing fraud and corruption in the District Court of Minnesota – Third Judicial District. Judge Joseph F. Chase and others are deliberately hiding these documents from the public and he orders the clerk to put my documents aside where the public does not have access.
This is un-American. It is unconstitutional. It is treason as an attempt to overthrow due process, public process and fundamentally change the judiciary as he usurps our republican form of government.
Below are some of the court filings that are being hidden from you. We need to fight this evil! Please lend your support!
- April 8, 2021: Judge Joseph Chase’s Order to Hide Legal Documents from the Public
- April 10, 2021: Writ of Error Coram Nobis Orders of Restoration
- May 2, 2021: Notice of Vacated Hearing
- May 5, 2021: Judge Chase Response to Coram Nobis Orders of Restoration
- May 7, 2021: Hanson’s Response to Judge Chase’s Denial of Coram Nobis Orders – A Lesson in Common Law
Counter to this misinformation, none of the documents are put "aside where the public does not have access." Alll of the documents listed above--and more--are available via the Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO) system, being that the case is post-July 2015. The access portal for MCRO is here.
Once a person clicks the Access MCRO button at the bottom of the page, a new screen pops up. There's a tab in the upper right hand corner called "Document Search," which can only be done by case number. In this instance, the case numbers are 24-CV-20-1788 and 240CV-21-159. Lots of PDFs of bedtime reading.
Since the development of the MCRO portal, this poor country blogger has been might pleased, since we can access all sorts of helpful information with a case number. If we're looking at an open criminal case--which wouldn't be listed in the older Minnesota Public Access (MPA) Remote system where case numbers are part of the registry of case records--we've been able to get case numbers by calling around.
We're not an attorney and don't play one on the Internet. Sorensen Court has jurisdiction over three spoiled housecats, or so Oscar, Slipperpaws and Little Bear would have us believe.
Hanson is "plainly a person of intelligence and conviction." But her claim on the website that documents are hidden is a best very silly and at worst a fear-based appeal for support that's based on misinformation.
Here's the document:
24-CV-20-1788 - 24-CV-21-159 AG v. MLH 6-4-21 ORD MEM-FINAL uploaded by by Sally Jo Sorensen on Scribd
Photo: Lisa Hanson. From KARE-11's May 1 article, Albert Lea business owner who defied COVID lockdown says she's still committed to her cause. Pullquote about fundraising at the May 1 event in Albert Lea:
Those legal bills stem from charges that were recently filed against Hanson, and also lawsuits she is filing herself.
“We have over 30 lawsuits and counterclaims against over 20 litigants in the state,” Hanson says.
The charges filed against Hanson include nine misdemeanors that were filed after she violated a state lockdown last November.
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