Judge dismisses Camp Nenookaasi lawsuit against Minneapolis Mayor Frey
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A federal judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by residents of a Minneapolis homeless encampment that's been cleared multiple times by the city.
Residents of Camp Nenookaasi sued Mayor Jacob Frey, claiming he intentionally inflicted emotional distress by ordering the camps cleared. After the first closure in January 2024, residents set up new camps only to be cleared again.
The plaintiffs also said they lost valuable possessions, including vital documents, during those closures.
In his dismissal, Judge Eric Tostrud wrote that no reasonable jury would find the mayor's decisions to clear the encampments to be "extreme and outrageous."
In court documents, plaintiffs described Nenookaasi as a “community-based healing camp rooted in Native religious and cultural practices, drawing upon evidence-based harm reduction strategies to meaningfully intervene in cycles of addiction and houselessness.”
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