--- title: Blog url: https://justice-denied.org/blog/ date: 2025-05-19T00:16:37+00:00 modified: 2026-08-04T13:22:58+00:00 lang: en_US --- Justice-Denied.org reporting # Investigations, analysis, and public records Evidence-based reporting on judicial conduct, legal ethics, accountability, and the human cost of systems that fail to follow their own rules. [![Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-256x256.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/ "View articles by Craig Stevenson")[![Marie Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Marie-Stevenson-scaled-1-256x256.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/marie/ "View articles by Marie Stevenson")[![Miranda Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Miranda-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-256x256.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/miranda/ "View articles by Miranda Stevenson") ## Latest reporting [https://justice-denied.org/revisiting-our-early-ai-analyses/](https://justice-denied.org/revisiting-our-early-ai-analyses/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published November 6, 2026 · About 8 min read [The Fairness Files](https://justice-denied.org/the-fairness-files/) ## Revisiting Our Early AI Analyses: The Record, the Law, and Our Experience The early analyses helped give shape to what we experienced in court. Further research has made some of our legal explanations more precise and some of the comparisons more revealing. The early analyses helped give shape to what we experienced in court. Further research has made some of our legal explanations more precise and some of the comparisons more revealing. Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/harris-ai-citations-miller-lawrence/](https://justice-denied.org/harris-ai-citations-miller-lawrence/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published November 3, 2026 · About 14 min read [Distorting the Law](https://justice-denied.org/distorting-the-law/) ## Judge Harris’s AI Warning and Judge Miller’s False Quotation Judge Harris warns that false AI citations undermine justice. In Stevenson v. Stevenson, Judge Miller’s false Lawrence attribution remained uncorrected after written notice and three requests for reconsideration. Judge Harris warns against false AI citations. In Stevenson v. Stevenson, a false attribution to In re Lawrence survived written notice to Judge Miller. Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/civil-case-funnel-how-judges-narrow-a-case/](https://justice-denied.org/civil-case-funnel-how-judges-narrow-a-case/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published November 2, 2026 · About 20 min read [The Fairness Files](https://justice-denied.org/the-fairness-files/) ## The Civil Case Funnel: How Judges Narrow the Road to Trial Ten procedural decisions can shape what survives long before a civil case reaches trial. A guide to ten procedural decisions that can narrow a Minnesota civil case before trial, with a funnel graphic, documented case examples, and a reading guide. Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/when-judge-miller-left-disputed-facts-to-a-jury/](https://justice-denied.org/when-judge-miller-left-disputed-facts-to-a-jury/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published November 2, 2026Updated November 6, 2026 · About 8 min read ## When Judge Miller Left Disputed Facts to a Jury The Keefe record puts Judge Miller’s own words about recordings, evidence, and jury questions beside his rulings in Stevenson v. Stevenson. The Keefe record compares Miller’s recording decision and treatment of disputed inferences with his rulings in Stevenson. Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/summary-judgment-and-discovery-rp-stevenson/](https://justice-denied.org/summary-judgment-and-discovery-rp-stevenson/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published October 26, 2026 · About 11 min read [Summary Judgment](https://justice-denied.org/category/summary-judgment/) ## When Summary Judgment Makes Discovery Disappear: R&P and Stevenson A foreclosure reversal shows how summary judgment and discovery can turn on a court’s treatment of sworn evidence. R&P’s foreclosure reversal restored claims and discovery questions that summary judgment had ended. Stevenson followed the same path to mootness, with the opposite appellate result. The district records show how the assessment of evidence controls what… Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/same-concern-different-response-azure-v-bucholz/](https://justice-denied.org/same-concern-different-response-azure-v-bucholz/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published October 26, 2026 · About 9 min read ## Same Concern, Different Response: Azure v. Bucholz Azure v. Bucholz, an Otter Tail County contract case, presents a narrow but revealing question: how did Judge Kevin M. Miller respond when a represented plaintiff and a self-represented defendant raised nearly the same practical concern? Brian Azure v. Jennie… Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/stevenson-and-svendsen-judge-miller/](https://justice-denied.org/stevenson-and-svendsen-judge-miller/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published October 15, 2026Updated October 26, 2026 · About 12 min read ## Two Cases, One Pattern of Narrowing? Comparing Stevenson and Svendsen Compare Judge Kevin M. Miller’s rulings in Stevenson and Svendsen on discovery limits and summary judgment, with court orders and official transcripts. Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/the-wide-road-leads-to-dismissal/](https://justice-denied.org/the-wide-road-leads-to-dismissal/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published October 9, 2026Updated October 29, 2026 · About 13 min read [The Fairness Files](https://justice-denied.org/the-fairness-files/) ## The Wide Road Leads to Dismissal Our lawsuit ended before a jury could hear the disputed facts. The court record traces how the road to trial closed—and why Justice-Denied’s review of other cases has deepened our concern. Shortly after our lawsuit began, Marie and I felt destined to lose. The court record traces the decisions that narrowed the road to trial. Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/mn-judicial-privacy-reports-unanswered/](https://justice-denied.org/mn-judicial-privacy-reports-unanswered/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published October 4, 2026Updated November 3, 2026 · About 17 min read [The Privacy Files](https://justice-denied.org/the-privacy-files/) ## Judicial Contact Information Exposed—and Minnesota Courts Still Owe Answers A judge’s email address led to a statewide directory of judicial contact information. After unanswered reports to court officials, the publisher confirmed removal seven days after I contacted them. A directory exposed 353 names, 296 email addresses, and 431 phone and fax numbers. The publisher acted; court security reports remain unanswered, and a separate confidentiality notice was returned as ex parte. Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/why-i-cannot-support-judge-kevin-m-miller-re-election/](https://justice-denied.org/why-i-cannot-support-judge-kevin-m-miller-re-election/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published October 2, 2026 · About 10 min read [The Fairness Files](https://justice-denied.org/the-fairness-files/) ## Why I Cannot Support Judge Kevin M. Miller’s Re-election Editorial | By Craig Stevenson, Editor-in-Chief, Justice-Denied What Marie and I experienced in Judge Miller’s courtroom is why I cannot support him for another term. Judge Kevin M. Miller is seeking another term as a Seventh Judicial District judge. The… Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/the-defamation-divide/](https://justice-denied.org/the-defamation-divide/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published September 26, 2026Updated October 29, 2026 · About 23 min read [The Fairness Files](https://justice-denied.org/the-fairness-files/) ## The Defamation Divide How Two Defamation Cases Took Different Paths Before Trial Courts often say that every case depends on its own facts. That is true. But judicial consistency is not about identical outcomes. It is about method. It is about whether similar legal concepts are handled in a… Read article → [https://justice-denied.org/protective-orders-starkebaum-stevenson/](https://justice-denied.org/protective-orders-starkebaum-stevenson/) [![](https://justice-denied.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cropped-Craig-Stevenson-Profile-Picture-2026_01_11-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)By [Craig Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/author/craig/)Published September 23, 2026Updated October 27, 2026 · About 12 min read [The Privacy Files](https://justice-denied.org/the-privacy-files/) ## One Day in Starkebaum and Years in Stevenson In Starkebaum, Judge Kevin Miller restricted a disputed settlement letter by the next day. In Stevenson, filings identified years ago as containing designated confidential information remain publicly downloadable. On September 21, 2026, defense counsel in Precision Locating LLC and Arvig Enterprises Inc v Martin Starkebaum filed a public letter concerning settlement. Plaintiffs moved to restrict it three hours and eight minutes… Read article → - [1](https://justice-denied.org/blog/?format=markdown) - [2](https://justice-denied.org/blog/page/2/?format=markdown) - [3](https://justice-denied.org/blog/page/3/?format=markdown) - … - [9](https://justice-denied.org/blog/page/9/?format=markdown) [Next](https://justice-denied.org/blog/page/2/?format=markdown)