172653P.pdf   07/26/2018  James Jensen  v.  MN Dept. of Human Services
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-2653
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Wollman and Arnold, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. In this action by civilly committed individuals 
   alleging the Minnesota Extended Treatment Options program's use of 
   seclusion and restraints violated their Eighth Amendment rights, the 
   district court correctly held that it retained jurisdiction over the 
   matter to enforce the stipulated class action settlement agreement the 
   parties reached in 2011; this court has jurisdiction over the defendants' 
   appeal under the collateral order doctrine; the district court did not err 
   in determining that, under Minnesota contract law, the jurisdictional 
   provision of the settlement agreement was ambiguous; turning to extrinsic 
   evidence to resolve the ambiguity, the court did not err in finding it 
   supported an interpretation permitting the court to extend its 
   jurisdiction as it "deems just and equitable."