All of the First Amendment cases he cites involve religious freedom. See In re Simpkins, 599 N.W.2d 170, 174 (Minn. App. 1999) (stating that the incarcerated appellant's "religiously motivated adoption of a new name is . . . an exercise of his First Amendment right of freedom of religion" and directing the district court to accommodate the appellant's appearance at a name-change-request hearing). Rickert acknowledges that he has no religious purpose for requesting his name change.
This action would enable Bureau of Prisons records to reflect the name change." ( In re Name Change of Simpkins (Minn.Ct.App. 1999) 599 N.W.2d 170, 171.) This language is no longer in the manual, but the new version's treatment of the topic does not suggest that the federal prison system has moved from instructing prisoners to obtain a legal name change through state courts to prohibiting prisoners from seeking name changes in state courts.
It is usually made within the framework of an existing action or proceeding and is ordinarily made on notice." In re Simpkins, 599 N.W.2d 170, 172-73 (Minn. App. 1999) (citing Black's Law Dictionary at 1146 (6th ed. 1990)); see also Minn. R. Civ. P. 7.02(a) (defining motion as "[a]n application to the court for an order"). "If the motion is in writing, it must be served with a written notice of hearing thereon.