Mitchell v. Smith

OPINION

WRIGHT, Judge.

Appellant, a prison inmate and convicted sex offender, challenges the Minnesota Department of Corrections policy that pre-eludes appellant from visiting with his minor child while incarcerated. He asserts that the policy deprives him of a substantive-due-process right to parent his minor daughter. The district court granted summary judgment for respondent prison warden, and we affirm.

FACTS

Appellant Alphonso Mitchell pleaded guilty in 2003 to third-degree criminal sexual conduct for engaging in sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl when he was 29 years old. Mitchell’s…