Beno v. Shalala

30 F.3d 1057 Deanna BENO; Susan Wiseman; Jody Baker; Janese Denise Bland; Reina Weight; Susan Clark; Tawab Popal, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services; Mary Jo Bane * , Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families; Bruce Vladeck, ** Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration; Russell Gould, Secretary, California Health and Welfare Agency; Eloise Anderson, Director, California Department of Social Services; Thomas Hayes, Director, California Department of Finance, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16411. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 13, 1994. Decided July 13, 1994. Melinda Bird and Clare Pastore, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Edward T. Swaine, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for federal defendants-appellees; and Eileen Gray and Theodore Garelis, Deputy Attys. Gen., Sacramento, CA, for state defendants-appellees. Vicki Michel, Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus. Appeal from the United States District Court for…