In re the Civil Commitment of Kropp

OPINION

Kirk, Judge

Appellant, the Minnesota Commissioner of Human Services, challenges the judicial appeal panel’s grant of provisional discharge from MSOP to respondent Eugene Phillip Kropp. On appeal, the commissioner argues that the panel erred by: (1) granting provisional discharge to a nonexistent placement, (2) improperly delegating judicial authority to the executive director of MSOP, and (3) concluding that the commissioner failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that provisional discharge should be denied. Because we conclude that the panel did not err, we affirm.

FACTS

Kropp,…