BEAULIEU v. LUDEMAN

No. 11-1845.

690 F.3d 1017 (2012)

Wallace James BEAULIEU; Lionel Tohannie Yazzie; Larry DeLaney, Sr.; Emery Eugene Bush; John Louis Beaulieu, III; Michael J. Gimmestad, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Cal R. LUDEMAN; Joan Fabian; Terry Carlson; Jack Erskine; Dean Mooney; Paula Johnson; Denise Considine; Eric Hattenberg; Dennis Benson; Greg Carlson; Brian Ninneman; Ann Linkert, in their official and personal capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian B. O'Neill , argued, Minnetonka, MN, for appellants.

Angela Behrens , AAG, argued, St. Paul, MN, for Appellees Joan Fabian and Terry Carlson.

Corrie Oberg , AAG, argued, St. Paul, MN, for Appellees Cal R. Ludeman, Jack Erskine, Dean Mooney, Paula Johnson, Denise Considine, Eric Hattenberg, Dennis Benson, Greg Carlson, Brian Ninneman, and Ann Linkert.

Barbara E. Berg Windels , AAG, on the brief, St. Paul, MN, for appellees.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, SMITH and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Wallace James Beaulieu ("Beaulieu"), Lionel Tohannie Yazzie, Larry DeLaney Sr., Emergy Eugene Bush, John Louis Beaulieu III ("Beaulieu III"), and Michael J. Gimmestad (collectively, "Patients") are patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP). The Patients brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Minnesota Department of Human Services officials ("DHS officials")1 and Minnesota Department...

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