Scales v. State of Minnesota

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA MAURICE JAMES SCALES, Case No. 22-CV-0349 (PJS/JFD) Petitioner, v. ORDER AND REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION STATE OF MINNESOTA, Respondent. This matter is before the Court on Petitioner Maurice James Scales’s: (1) Petition Under Title

28 U.S.C. § 2254

for a Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (Dkt. No. 1); (2) two pending Applications to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (“in forma pauperis” or “IFP”) (Dkt. Nos. 2, 19); and (3) various Motions seeking relief from a state-court conviction discussed below (Dkt.…