JENSEN v. MINNESOTA DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. 17-2653.

897 F.3d 908 (2018)

James JENSEN; Lorie Jensen, as parents, guardians and next friends of Bradley J. Jensen and others similarly situated; James Brinker; Darren Allen, as parents, guardians and next friends of Thomas M. Allbrink and others similarly situated; Elizabeth Jacobs, as parent, guardian and next friend of Jason R. Jacobs and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, an agency of the State of Minnesota, Defendant-Appellant. Director, Minnesota Extended Treatment Options, a program of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, an agency of the State of Minnesota; Clinical Director, the Minnesota Extended Treatment Options, a program of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, an agency of the State of Minnesota; Douglas Bratvold, individually, and as Director of the Minnesota Extended Treatment Options, a program of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, an agency of the State of Minnesota; Scott TenNapel, individually, and as Clinical Director of the Minnesota Extended Treatment Options, a program of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, an agency of the State of Minnesota, Defendants. State of Minnesota, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Azman , Shamus Patrick O'Meara , O'Meara & Leer, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Scott Hiromi Ikeda , Anthony R. Noss , Aaron Edward Winter , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before WOLLMAN, ARNOLD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


The Minnesota Department of Human Services (MDHS) appeals from a post-judgment order of the district court1 concluding that the court retained jurisdiction to enforce the stipulated class action settlement agreement (Agreement) MDHS entered into with plaintiffs (collectively, the Jensen class)....

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