Samantha C. v. State Dept. of Developmental Services CA2/1

BACKGROUND

A. Administrative hearing and appeals The procedural and factual background leading up to the instant appeal has been well documented in Samantha C. v. State Dept. of Developmental Services (2010) 185 Cal.App.4th 1462 (Samantha C. I) and Samantha C. v. State Dept. of Developmental Services (2012) 207 Cal.App.4th 71 (Samantha C. II). In brief, Samantha’s applications for HRC services were denied by HRC in 2004 and 2006. (Samantha C. I, at pp. 1471– 1472.) Samantha requested and received a hearing before an administrative law judge

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2 (ALJ) to contest HRC’s denial of services. (Id. at p. 1472.) After an administrative hearing, held over the course of several days in October 2006 through May 2007, the ALJ concluded Samantha was not eligible for HRC services. (Id. at p. 1478.) Samantha filed a petition for a writ of mandate, damages, and declaratory relief on October 23, 2007, in the trial court. (Id. at p. 1480.) The trial court upheld the validity of the challenged regulations and denied Samantha’s petition for a writ of mandate. (Ibid.) Samantha appealed. In Samantha C. I, we held that in denying…