Latimore v. County of Contra Costa

77 F.3d 489 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Catherine LATIMORE; Percy James; Betty James; Dorothy Kountz; Ralph McClain; New St. James Missionary Baptist Church; Easter Hill United Methodist Church; Elisabeth Baptist Church; Sojourner Truth Presbyterian Church; and Unity Church, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA; Contra Costa County Department of Health Services; and State of California Department of Health Services, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-15886. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 19, 1995. Decided Feb. 15, 1996. 1 Before: FERGUSON and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and NIELSEN, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Plaintiffs, a putative class of indigent minority individuals and churches in East and West Contra Costa County, 1 appeal the dissolution of a preliminary injunction barring the county, the Contra Costa Department of Health Services ("DHS"), and the California Department of Health Services…