Edwards v. Healy

12 F.3d 154 Verna EDWARDS, Guardian Ad Litem for Verna Edwards, Pamela Edwards and Ericka Edwards; Barbara Moore, Guardian Ad Litem for Rebiana Robi; Derral Robi, Delisha Jaa and Rayleisha Taylor et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. John HEALY, in his official capacity as Acting Director of the California Department of Social Services; Thomas Hayes, in his official capacity as Director, California Department of Finance, Defendants-Appellants. No. 92-16051. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 4, 1993 * . Decided Dec. 1, 1993. Katherine E. Meiss, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Yolanda Vera, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Jodie Berger, Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, Oakland, CA, Alice Bussiere/Pat McElroy, Nat. Center for Youth Law, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees. Mateo Munoz, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, CA, for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, David F. Levi, District Judge, Presiding. Before: CANBY, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges and ORRICK, ** District Judge. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs in this case are a class of applicants or…