On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, Senior United States District Judge Donovan Frank of the District of Minnesota granted preliminary approval to a settlement agreement reached by the parties in Murphy, et al. v. Harpstead, U.S. District Court File No. 16-cv-02623, a significant federal court civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of a class of people with disabilities living in group homes. Anthony Ostlund served as co-counsel with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, and its affiliate the Minnesota Disability Law Center, and Nichols Kaster, PLLP in this case spanning six years. The suit asserts that group home residents have been denied appropriate choice and opportunity to live more independent and integrated lives of their own choosing in the community.   “Our firm’s longstanding commitment to pro bono work...