Van Orden v. Stringer

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

AUDREY G. FLEISSIG, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This matter is before the Court upon review of the parties’ briefs, invited by the Court, as to whether the Court should reconsider its December 22, 2015 Amended Memorandum Opinion on liability (“Liability Opinion”) in light of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit’s decision in Karsjens v. Piper, 845 F.3d 394 (8th Cir. 2017).1 At the request of Plaintiffs, the Court held oral argument on this issue on June 23, 2017.

In its Liability Opinion, the Court found that Missouri’s civil commitment statute for…