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Ejected homeowner 'vindicated' by appeals court ruling in her favor

By Nick Ferraro
nferraro@pioneerpress.com

Article Last Updated: 05/08/2008 12:03:53 AM CDT
Alice Krengel, shown outside her West St. Paul home in October 2006, says she has endured "public humiliation" because of her eviction by the city. She may seek damages. (Pioneer Press file photo)

For one year, Alice Krengel lived at the Dorothy Day homeless shelter in St. Paul, banned from her West St. Paul home by a district court.

After a series of public-nuisance violations, city officials had obtained an injunction to keep Krengel away.

She's been back home now for 10 months, but on Tuesday the Minnesota Court of Appeals overturned the lower court's decision, concluding she was illegally forced out of her house.

In a 2-1 ruling, the appellate judges determined West St. Paul failed to comply with a state law that requires cities to prove two or more nuisance incidents occurred within 12 months before the injunction hearing.

"I feel vindicated now," Krengel, 57, said Wednesday. "You cannot imagine my losses. This shows I'm a patient person."

The city claims Krengel, then an admitted alcoholic, had used her Allen Avenue home for years as a flophouse for criminals, drunks and drug users. Police went to her house 41 times in 2006 alone.

Krengel's attorney urged the appeals court to interpret the law to require proof that two "behavioral incidents" occurred within 12 months preceding the city's request for a permanent injunction, which was in October 2006. The city had argued the 12-month period should have begun in July 2005, when they served written notice on intent to seek the injunction.

"We thought the clock stopped at that point," City Attorney Kori Land said.

She called the decision a "moral victory" for Krengel.

"You can't change history and the fact she was gone for a year," Land said. "The city won the battle, but she won the war."

According to the city, police had been called to Krengel's home 180 times since 1990. Between September 2004 and July 2005, police were called to Krengel's home 29 times, including when two intoxicated men assaulted each other with hammers and several incidents in which Krengel's guests were drunk and were hauled to detox.

Threatening an injunction, Land in July 2005 notified Krengel she had to stop the nuisance or enter into an abatement plan with the city. Krengel entered into the agreement a month later to stay sober, not permit alcohol in the house and allow police officers inside for random inspections for one year.

After West St. Paul officials said she repeatedly violated the agreement, Krengel was barred from her house in August 2006.

Citing numerous violations of the state's nuisance law, District Court Judge Leslie Metzen followed with the permanent injunction three months later, forcing Krengel to stay out of her house until August 2007.

Krengel and her attorney unsuccessfully appealed three times to stop the injunction.

"The district court erred," Judge Matthew E. Johnson wrote in his decision, "because the city's evidence of nuisance activity consisted solely of incidents occurring 15 or more months before the hearing on the city's request for the permanent injunction."

Land called the decision a "strict interpretation of the law."

"You cannot predict when you're going to get your two nuisance violations," she said.

Land said there have been no police calls to Krengel's home or complaints from neighbors since she moved back in August.

But the fight might not be over.

Land said the attorneys who represented the city could seek to bring the case before the state Supreme Court.

Krengel said she has endured "public humiliation" and will discuss with her attorney whether to seek damages against the city for the eviction.

Nick Ferraro can be reached at 651-228-2173.

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http://www.mncourts.gov/opinions/coa/current/opa070310-0506.pdf

CONFLICTS: Judge Crippen's Dissent
his former law clerk Lawyer State Senator Ellen Anderson, married to Andy Dawkins Author of Nuisance Ordinance
Judge Natalie Hudson, former st. paul city attorney, black female
www.mncourts.gov re: MS617.87
God Bless Alice Krengel, now Precedant via Published Opinions

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/advocate7/alice2006/alice.html
Alice's Power of Attorney legally is what has saved her. next door neighbor who filed complaints has lost his home to mortgage forclosure.......Alice had paid her property taxes, undue hardships
Click here: Court of Appeals Published Opinions
A07-310 City of West St. Paul, Respondent, vs. Alice Jane Krengel,
Appellant.
Dakota County District Court, Hon. Leslie May Metzen.
1. A district court may not issue a permanent injunction to abate a public nuisance pursuant to Minn. Stat.§ 617.83 (2006) unless the public nuisance exists at the time of the hearing on the request for the permanent injunction.
2. A public nuisance exists for purposes of Minn. Stat.§ 617.83 (2006) if two or more incidents of statutorily defined nuisance activity have occurred within the 12-month period preceding the hearing on the request for the permanent injunction.
Vacated; motion denied. Judge Matthew E. Johnson.
Dissenting, Judge Gary L. Crippen.*

If in fact any Appeal, Issues of City Attorney Kori Land of the www.levander.com
law firm, double dipping as West St. Paul City Attorney, and Private Attorney, covertly ignoring the Heinous, Repugnant, Criminal Violations of Mayor John Zanmiller, Henn.Corrections Officer, who knows the law, Zanmiller also V.Chair St. Paul Water Board, with 1 Billion in Reserves, a non profit entity, Shutting off Sharons Water www.sharonanderson.org You Bet Alice has other Friends, Power of Attorney, ignored by Attorney Kori Land and Pierre Regnier
http://alicekrengel.blogspot.com
Submitted in Good Faith, Now Alice must be compensated "Big Time" for all She has suffered http://alicekrengel.blogspot.com or Google this case for Public Policy http://sharon4council.blogspot.com

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Alice Krengel's Judges Johnson,Hudson,Crippen MS617.83

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Judicial Service:A07-310 City of West St. Paul, Respondent, vs. Alice Jane Krengel,
Appellant.
Dakota County District Court, Hon. Leslie May Metzen.
1. A district court may not issue a permanent injunction to abate a public nuisance pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 617.83 (2006) unless the public nuisance exists at the time of the hearing on the request for the permanent injunction.
2. A public nuisance exists for purposes of Minn. Stat. § 617.83 (2006) if two or more incidents of statutorily defined nuisance activity have occurred within the 12-month period preceding the hearing on the request for the permanent injunction.
Vacated; motion denied. Judge Matthew E. Johnson.
Dissenting, Judge Gary L. Crippen.
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617.83 INJUNCTION; ORDER OF ABATEMENT.
Upon proof of a nuisance described in section
617.81, subdivision 2, the court shall issue a
permanent injunction and enter an order of abatement, except as otherwise provided by section
617.85. The permanent injunction must describe the conduct permanently enjoined. The order
of abatement must direct the closing of the building or a portion of it for one year, except as
otherwise provided in section
617.84 or 617.85, unless sooner released pursuant to section 617.87.
Before an abatement order is enforced against a building or portion of it, the owner must be
served with the abatement order and a notice of the right to file a motion under section
617.85 in
the same manner that a summons is served under the Rules of Civil Procedure. A copy of the
abatement order shall also be posted in a conspicuous place on the building or affected portion.
History: 1987 c 283 s 4; 1997 c 100 s 3
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EMINENT DOMAIN IN MINNESOTA: Case study Alice Krengel, 823 Allen, WSP - 4 visits - 6:12am

TAKING OF THIS HOME OWNED BY: Alice Krengel 823 Allen West St. Paul, MN ... Is it public policy that the State of Minnesota is responsible for mental ...
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617. Abortion; Obscenity; Houses Of Ill-fame

Alice Krengel Won the War MS617.87

Homestead42 USC 3631 617. Abortion; Obscenity; Houses Of Ill-fame
617.87 RELEASE OF PROPERTY.
If, after an order of abatement has been entered, the owner appears and pays the costs of
the action and files a bond in an amount determined by the court, but not to exceed $50,000,
conditioned that the owner will immediately abate the nuisance for a period of one year, the court
may, if satisfied of the owner's good faith, order the release of the building or portion of it which is
subject to the order of abatement. If the premises are released, for each day during the term of the
bond that the owner knowingly permits any part of the premises to be used for any activity which
was the basis of the abatement order, the owner shall forfeit $1,000 under the bond. Forfeiture
under the bond does not relieve the owner from prosecution for contempt. Release of the property
pursuant to this section does not release it from an injunction issued under section
617.83 or any
other judgment, penalty, lien, or liability to which it may be subject by law.
History:
1987 c 283 s 8

West St. Paul
Ejected homeowner 'vindicated' by appeals court ruling in her favor
By Nick Ferraro
nferraro@pioneerpress.com
Article Last Updated: 05/08/2008 12:03:53 AM CDT
Ejected homeowner 'vindicated' by appeals court ruling in her favor - TwinCities.com

Alice Krengel, shown outside her West St. Paul home in October 2006, says she has endured "public humiliation" because of her eviction by the city. She may seek damages. (Pioneer Press file photo)For one year, Alice Krengel lived at the Dorothy Day homeless shelter in St. Paul, banned from her West St. Paul home by a district court.

After a series of public-nuisance violations, city officials had obtained an injunction to keep Krengel away.

She's been back home now for 10 months, but on Tuesday the Minnesota Court of Appeals overturned the lower court's decision, concluding she was illegally forced out of her house.

In a 2-1 ruling, the appellate judges determined West St. Paul failed to comply with a state law that requires cities to prove two or more nuisance incidents occurred within 12 months before the injunction hearing.

"I feel vindicated now," Krengel, 57, said Wednesday. "You cannot imagine my losses. This shows I'm a patient person."

The city claims Krengel, then an admitted alcoholic, had used her Allen Avenue home for years as a flophouse for criminals, drunks and drug users. Police went to her house 41 times in 2006 alone.

Krengel's attorney urged the appeals court to interpret the law to require proof that two "behavioral incidents" occurred within 12 months preceding the city's request for a permanent injunction, which was in October 2006. The city had argued the 12-month period should have begun in July 2005, when they served written notice on intent to seek the injunction.

"We thought the clock stopped at that point," City Attorney Kori Land said.

She called the decision a "moral victory" for Krengel.

"You can't
change history and the fact she was gone for a year," Land said. "The city won the battle, but she won the war."
According to the city, police had been called to Krengel's home 180 times since 1990. Between September 2004 and July 2005, police were called to Krengel's home 29 times, including when two intoxicated men assaulted each other with hammers and several incidents in which Krengel's guests were drunk and were hauled to detox.

Threatening an injunction, Land in July 2005 notified Krengel she had to stop the nuisance or enter into an abatement plan with the city. Krengel entered into the agreement a month later to stay sober, not permit alcohol in the house and allow police officers inside for random inspections for one year.

After West St. Paul officials said she repeatedly violated the agreement, Krengel was barred from her house in August 2006.

Citing numerous violations of the state's nuisance law, District Court Judge Leslie Metzen followed with the permanent injunction three months later, forcing Krengel to stay out of her house until August 2007.

Krengel and her attorney unsuccessfully appealed three times to stop the injunction.

"The district court erred," Judge Matthew E. Johnson wrote in his decision, "because the city's evidence of nuisance activity consisted solely of incidents occurring 15 or more months before the hearing on the city's request for the permanent injunction."

Land called the decision a "strict interpretation of the law."

"You cannot predict when you're going to get your two nuisance violations," she said.

Land said there have been no police calls to Krengel's home or complaints from neighbors since she moved back in August.

But the fight might not be over.

Land said the attorneys who represented the city could seek to bring the case before the state Supreme Court.

Krengel said she has endured "public humiliation" and will discuss with her attorney whether to seek damages against the city for the eviction.

Nick Ferraro can be reached at 651-228-2173.




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Bill



Judge it!
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She should sue the hell out of the city. These nusiance laws are just being used to target people that neighbors don't like.

Sharon Anderson

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Sharon Anderson

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Judge it!
#2
26 min ago


http://www.mncourts.gov/opinions/coa/current/...

God Bless Alice Krengel, now Precedant via Published Opinions
http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/advocate7/alice2...
Click here: Court of Appeals Published Opinions
A07-310 City of West St. Paul, Respondent, vs. Alice Jane Krengel,
Appellant.
Dakota County District Court, Hon. Leslie May Metzen.
1. A district court may not issue a permanent injunction to abate a public nuisance pursuant to Minn. Stat.§ 617.83 (2006) unless the public nuisance exists at the time of the hearing on the request for the permanent injunction.
2. A public nuisance exists for purposes of Minn. Stat.§ 617.83 (2006) if two or more incidents of statutorily defined nuisance activity have occurred within the 12-month period preceding the hearing on the request for the permanent injunction.
Vacated; motion denied. Judge Matthew E. Johnson.
Dissenting, Judge Gary L. Crippen.*

If in fact any Appeal, Issues of City Attorney Kori Land of the www.levander.com
law firm, double dipping as West St. Paul City Attorney, and Private Attorney, covertly ignoring the Heinous, Repugnant, Criminal Violations of Mayor John Zanmiller, Henn.Corrections Officer, who knows the law, Zanmiller also V.Chair St. Paul Water Board, with 1 Billion in Reserves, a non profit entity, Shutting off Sharons Water www.sharonanderson.org You Bet Alice has other Friends, Power of Attorney, ignored by Attorney Kori Land and Pierre Regnier
http://alicekrengel.blogspot.com
Submitted in Good Faith, Now Alice must be compensated "Big Time" for all She has suffered http://alicekrengel.blogspot.com or Google this case for Public Policy http://sharon4council.blogspot.com

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Alice Krengel Winner Injunction Vacated

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A07-310 City of West St. Paul, Respondent, vs. Alice Jane Krengel, Appellant. Filed May 6, 2008 Vacated; motion denied Johnson, Judge

Dissenting, Crippen, Judge* Dakota County District Court File No. C8-06-8776 Pierre N. Regnier, Susan Steffen Tice, Jardine, Logan & O‟Brien, P.L.L.P., 8519 Eagle Point Boulevard, Suite 100, Lake Elmo, MN 55042 (for respondent) Michael Hagedorn, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Bigelow Building, 450 North Syndicate Street, Suite 285, Saint Paul, MN 55104; and Julia Althoff, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, 166 East Fourth Street, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN 55101 (for appellant) Considered and decided by Johnson, Presiding Judge; Hudson, Judge; and Crippen, Judge.

* Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI, § 10.

S Y L L A B U S

1. A district court may not issue a permanent injunction to abate a public nuisance pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 617.83 (2006) unless the public nuisance exists at the time of the hearing on the request for the permanent injunction.