KARSJENS v. PIPER

No. 15-3485.

845 F.3d 394 (2017)

Kevin Scott KARSJENS; David Leroy Gamble; Kevin John DeVillion; Peter Gerard Lonergan; James Matthew Noyer, Sr.; James John Rud; James Allen Barber; Craig Allen Bolte; Dennis Richard Steiner; Kaine Joseph Braun; Christopher John Thuringer; Kenny S. Daywitt; Bradley Wayne Foster; Brian K. Hausfeld, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Emily Johnson PIPER; Kevin Moser; Peter Puffer; Nancy Johnston; Jannine Hebert; Ann Zimmerman, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants Minnesota House of Representatives, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant(s) Eric Steven Janus; American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s)

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Alan Gilbert , AAG, of Saint Paul, MN. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellant brief; Nathan Brenneman , AAG, of Saint Paul, MN., Scott Hiromi Ikeda , AAG, of Saint Paul, MN., Alethea Marie Huyser , AAG, of Saint Paul, MN., Kathryn Iverson Landrum , AAG, of Saint Paul, MN., Aaron Edward Winter , AAG, of Saint Paul, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Daniel E. Gustafson , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellee brief; Karla M. Gluek , of Minneapolis, MN., David A. Goodwin , of Minneapolis, MN., Raina Borrelli , of Minneapolis, MN.

The following attorneys appeared on the amicus brief of Minnesota House of Representatives in support of appellants; Kay Nord Hunt , of Minneapolis, MN., Bryan Richard Feldhaus , of Minneapolis, MN., Michael N. Leonard , of Minneapolis, MN.

The following attorneys appeared on the amicus brief of Eric Janus and The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota in support of the appellees; Eric Steven Janus , of Saint Paul, MN., Teresa Nelson , of Saint Paul, MN.

Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Class plaintiffs, civilly committed sex offenders, bring a facial and as applied challenge under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming their substantive due process rights have been violated by Minnesota's Civil Commitment and Treatment Act and by the actions and practices of the managers of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program...

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