The false imprisonment crime in Minnesota is a very consequential offense, leading to custody time and possible sex offender registration. Minnesota Statutes Crimes; Expungement; Victims (Ch.609-624) § 609.255. The first of those legal issues is whether, as a matter of law, any of the defendants in this case are guilty of false imprisonment of the plaintiff. Malice toward the person confined is not an element of false imprisonment. In Count Four of his Amended Complaint, Spann asserts a cause of action for false imprisonment under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 2d 279, 280-81 (Minn.App. 1995), review denied (Minn. Aug. The form shall also be utilized in any case where the prosecutor or law enforcement is requesting bail. Minnesota law is unclear on what a plaintiff must show to establish causation with respect to the tort of false imprisonment.