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By Craig StevensonPublished November 2, 2026About 20 min read
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.
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By Craig StevensonPublished October 26, 2026About 11 min read
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…
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By Craig StevensonPublished October 15, 2026Updated October 26, 2026About 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.
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By Craig StevensonPublished January 28, 2026Updated August 6, 2026About 7 min read

The Quest for Truth Should Alarm No One

Why careful public scrutiny of judicial reasoning should never be treated as a threat.

In the Defendants’ opposition to our motion to recuse Judge Kevin Miller, they didn’t just argue law. They took aim at the act of looking—at what any ordinary person would think is the most basic right a litigant has…
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By Marie StevensonPublished January 8, 2026Updated September 12, 2026About 5 min read
The Fairness Files

“I Can Limit Discovery”

What happens when judicial triage becomes a substitute for truth-finding?

During our lawsuit in Otter Tail County District Court, one question kept returning—quietly at first, then relentlessly: were we being denied justice because the judge was simply too busy? I don’t ask that lightly. I…
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Craig Stevenson is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Justice-Denied.org. He is President and CEO of Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI), which traces its roots to Craig’s Radio & TV, founded in 1979 and renamed STSI in 1989. He also founded and operated C&R Cable Company, Inc. from 1981 until its sale in 1989. Craig and his wife, Marie, have been married for more than 36 years and are the parents of two adult daughters.