Crawford v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

OPINION

KALITOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court affirming a decision by the Commissioner of Human Services which dismissed for lack of jurisdiction appellant Gordon Crawford’s administrative appeal brought under Minn.Stat. § 256.045, subd. 4a.

FACTS

Appellant Gordon Crawford is a 29-year-old man with mental retardation. Crawford is and has been since 1965 a ward of the Commissioner of Human Services (Commissioner). The Commissioner, as Crawford’s public guardian, has delegated her guardianship duties to the Hennepin County Welfare Board pursuant to Minn.…