FILED
IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
JANUARY 22, 2024
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
2024 ND 11
Michaelson Plaisimond, Petitioner and Appellant
v.
State of North Dakota, Respondent and Appellee
No. 20230252
Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial
District, the Honorable Bonnie L. Storbakken, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
Justin M. Balzer, Bismarck, ND, for petitioner and appellant; submitted on
brief.
Julie A. Lawyer, State’s Attorney, Bismarck, ND, for respondent and appellee;
submitted on brief.
Plaisimond v. State
No. 20230252
Per Curiam.
[¶1] Michaelson Plaisimond appeals from an order denying his second
application for postconviction relief after the district court found his
application to be a misuse of process. Under N.D.C.C. § 29-32.1-12(2)(a), a court
may deny postconviction relief as a misuse of process when the applicant
“[p]resents a claim for relief which the applicant inexcusably failed to raise
either in a proceeding leading to judgment of conviction and sentence or in a
previous postconviction proceeding.” State v. Atkins, 2019 ND 145, ¶ 13, 928
N.W.2d 441. The court found the claims raised by Plaisimond in his second
postconviction relief were discoverable to him prior to his first application and
he inexcusably failed to raise the claims at that time. The court’s dismissal of
Plaisimond’s application for misuse of process was not clearly erroneous. We
summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2), (4), and (7).
[¶2] Jon J. Jensen, C.J.
Daniel J. Crothers
Lisa Fair McEvers
Jerod E. Tufte
Douglas A. Bahr
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