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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA 
 
United States of America, 
 
  Plaintiff, 
 
v .         C a s e  No. 17-cr-182 (JNE/LIB) 
        O R D E R  
Arthur Dale Senty-Haugen, 
 
  Defendant. 
 
This case is before the Court on Defendant’s motion to amend the sentencing 
judgment, which was imposed in 2018, to reflect his name change.  “[A]lthough an 
inmate is entitled to prospective recognition of a legal name change, by means of a ‘dual-
name policy,’ an inmate is not entitled to have documents that pre-dated his legal name 
change altered.”  United States v. Baker, 415 F.3d 1273, 1274 (11th Cir. 2005) (per 
curiam); see United States v. Varner, 948 F.3d 250, 253–54 (5th Cir. 2020); United States 
v. White, 490 F. App’x 979, 981–82 (10th Cir. 2012).  Accordingly, Defendant’s motion 
to amend the sentencing judgment [Docket No. 120] is DENIED. 
IT IS SO ORDERED. 
Dated: June 5, 2026 
s/Joan N. Ericksen  
JOAN N. ERICKSEN 
United States District Judge 
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