VAN ORDEN v. STRINGER

No. 17-3093.

937 F.3d 1162 (2019)

John R. VAN ORDEN; Michael D. McCord; Joseph Miller; Macon Baker; Chance W. Tyree; Walter W. Ritchey; David Brown; Anthony Amonette; Richard Tyson; Wade A. Turpin; Matthew King; Andre Cokes; Joseph Bowen, Class Representative; William Murphy, Class Representative, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mark STRINGER; Harold Myers, Reimbursement Officer, HealthLink, Individually and Officially; Alan Blake, Chief Operating Officer, MSOTC, Individually and Officially; Julie Inman; Jay Englehardt; Justin Arnett; Rick Gowdy, in his official capacity as Director of the Missouri Department of Mental Healths Division of Behavioral Health; Robert Reitz; Linda Moll; Daman Longworth; Donna Augustine; Dave Schmitt; Ericka L. Kempker; Kristina Bender-Crice; Angeline Stanislaus, in her official capacity as Chief Clinical Officer of the Missouri Department of Mental Health; Anne Precythe, in her official capacity as Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections; Rikki Wright, in his official capacity as Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Mental Health for the Division of Behavioral Health; David Schmitt, in his official capacity as Chief Operating Officer of Southeast Missouri Mental Health Centers Adult Psychiatric Services; Andy Atkinson, in his official capacity as Chief Operating Officer of Fulton State Hospital; Lee Ann McVay, in her official capacity as Program Coordinator at SORTS-Fulton State Hospital; Susan Knopflein, in her official capacity as Chief Nurse Executive at Fulton State Hospital, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott K.G. Kozak , Christopher LaRose , Daniel K. O'Toole , ARMSTRONG & TEASDALE, Saint Louis, MO, Omri E. Praiss , Anthony E. Rothert , Jessie M. Steffan , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Saint Louis, MO, John H. Quinn, III , JOHN H. QUINN PC, Saint Louis, MO, Thomas E. Wack , Saint Louis, MO, Gillian R. Wilcox , ACLU OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Kansas City, MO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants John R. Van Orden.

Scott K.G. Kozak , Christopher LaRose , Daniel K. O'Toole , ARMSTRONG & TEASDALE, Saint Louis, MO, Omri E. Praiss , Anthony E. Rothert , Jessie M. Steffan , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Saint Louis, MO, John H. Quinn, III , JOHN H. QUINN PC, Saint Louis, MO, Thomas E. Wack , Saint Louis, MO, Gillian R. Wilcox , ACLU OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Kansas City, MO, James G. Martin , DOWD & BENNETT, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Michael D. McCord, Joseph Miller, Chance W. Tyree, Walter W. Ritchey, David Brown, Anthony Amonette, Richard Tyson, Wade A. Turpin, Andre Cokes.

Scott K.G. Kozak , Christopher LaRose , Daniel K. O'Toole , ARMSTRONG & TEASDALE, Saint Louis, MO, Anthony E. Rothert , Jessie M. Steffan , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Saint Louis, MO, John H. Quinn, III , JOHN H. QUINN PC, Saint Louis, MO, Thomas E. Wack, Saint Louis, MO, Gillian R. Wilcox , ACLU OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Kansas City, MO, James G. Martin , DOWD & BENNETT, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Macon Baker, Matthew King.

Scott K.G. Kozak , ARMSTRONG & TEASDALE, Saint Louis, MO, Anthony E. Rothert , Jessie M. Steffan , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Saint Louis, MO, John H. Quinn, III , JOHN H. QUINN PC, Saint Louis, MO, Thomas E. Wack , Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant Joseph Bowen.

Scott K.G. Kozak , ARMSTRONG & TEASDALE, Saint Louis, MO, Omri E. Praiss , Anthony E. Rothert , Jessie M. Steffan , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION, Saint Louis, MO, John H. Quinn, III , JOHN H. QUINN PC, Saint Louis, MO, Thomas E. Wack , Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant William Murphy.

Julie Marie Blake , Deputy Solicitor General, Michael Martinich-Sauter , Deputy Attorney General for Legal Policy and Special Litigation, Dean John Sauer , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Jefferson City, MO, Katherine S. Walsh , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Mark Stringer, Harold Myers, Alan Blake, Julie Inman, Jay Englehardt, Rick Gowdy, Robert Reitz, Linda Moll, Daman Longworth, Donna Augustine, Dave Schmitt, Ericka L. Kempker, Kristina Bender-Crice, Anne Precythe, Rikki Wright, David Schmitt, Andy Atkinson, Lee Ann McVay, Susan Knopflein.

Michael Martinich-Sauter , Deputy Attorney General for Legal Policy and Special Litigation, Dean John Sauer , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Jefferson City, MO, Katherine S. Walsh , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees Justin Arnett, Angeline Stanislaus.

Before COLLOTON, BEAM, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


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