J.R. v. Michael Hansen

MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

Two years ago we certified questions to the Florida Supreme Court about that State’s scheme for the involuntary commitment of the intellectually disabled. J.R. v. Hansen, 736 F.3d 959 (11th Cir.2013) (J.R. I). Today we revisit this appeal with the benefit of that court’s answers. See J.R. v. Palmer, 175 So.3d 710, 2015 WL 2236760 (Fla. May 14, 2015) (J.R. II). We hold that the statutory scheme, as definitively interpreted by the Florida Supreme Court, is facially unconstitutional because it violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States…