Blanco v. Anderson

39 F.3d 969 Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 42,936 Cindy BLANCO, Melissa Goetz, Karen L. Wilson, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Eloise ANDERSON, in her official capacity as Director, California Department of Social Services, S. Kimberly Belshe, in her official capacity as Director of California Department of Health Services, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-15183. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued Sept. 12, 1994. Submission Deferred Sept. 14, 1994. Submitted October 26, 1994. Decided Nov. 2, 1994. Robert Newman, Katherine E. Meiss, and Clare Pastore, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, CA, Melina Benninghoff, Solano County Legal Assistance, Vallejo, CA, Tom Weathered, San Francisco, CA, James Stoepler, Redwood Legal Assistance, Eureka, CA, and Julise Johanson and Ilene Jacobs, California Rural Legal Assistance, Marysville, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants Cindy Blanco, Melissa Goetz and a class of similarly situated persons. Michael V. Hammang, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.…