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Thomas Evenstad

Democratic-Farmer-Labor · MN

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Thomas Evenstad is a St. Paul criminal-justice advocate whose public activity focuses on wrongful-conviction claims and government accountability.

Track record

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 1 record
  • Submitted Minnesota House testimony supporting adult-use cannabis legalization and opposing cannabis packaging designed to appeal to children.

    February 16, 2022Against

    Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Gun Control

· 1 record
  • Submitted Minnesota House testimony opposing HF 15, a proposed red-flag gun law.

    February 3, 2023Against

    Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 6 records
  • A Minnesota district court found him incompetent to proceed in a pending criminal matter based on a court-appointed examiner's opinion.

    December 23, 2025

    Source: s3.documentcloud.org · researched July 12, 2026

  • Filed a federal civil-rights complaint against state officials, political figures, courts, law-enforcement personnel, and media organizations; the court dismissed the case fourteen days later.

    October 15, 2025

    Source: dockets.justia.com · researched July 12, 2026

  • A federal magistrate judge recommended summary judgment for county deputies and dismissal of his remaining civil-rights claims arising from a 2014 arrest.

    December 27, 2022

    Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • A federal district court dismissed without prejudice a civil-rights complaint after he did not submit financial information required for his in-forma-pauperis application.

    November 6, 2019

    Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed denial of his federal habeas-corpus petition challenging his Minnesota criminal conviction.

    November 30, 2006

    Source: cases.justia.com · researched July 12, 2026

  • The Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed denial of his second postconviction petition challenging the sentence for his 1999 first-degree criminal-sexual-conduct conviction; the opinion also noted that an earlier appeal vacated a third-degree conviction.

    February 7, 2006

    Source: law.justia.com · researched July 12, 2026

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Profile last researched July 12, 2026.