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Case Name
Boyd v. Mullins
PB-AL-0003
Docket / Court
2:10-cv-688-MEF-TFM ( M.D. Ala. )
State/Territory
Alabama
Case Type(s)
Disability Rights-Pub. Accom.
Public Benefits / Government Services
Special Collection
Olmstead Cases
Attorney Organization
NDRN/Protection & Advocacy Organizations
Steve Gold
Case Summary
Plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, against the Alabama Medicaid Agency, on August 12, 2010, alleging that the denial of home-based Medicaid services as opposed to institution-based services violated the ADA and Section 504 of the ...
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Plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, against the Alabama Medicaid Agency, on August 12, 2010, alleging that the denial of home-based Medicaid services as opposed to institution-based services violated the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The Plaintiff was paralyzed from the collar bone down and requires assistance performing daily activities. When his mother was able to take care of him, Alabama Medicaid was able to provide some supplemental in-home care services as part of a waiver program. When his mother could no longer take care of him, the plaintiff was forced to live in an institution even though he could have lived in the community with appropriate home care services. A community placement would be particularly valuable to him as he is pursuing higher education at the University of Montevallo.
The Plaintiff filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction, and the United States filed a Statement of Interest in support of the plaintiff's motion. Judge Mark E. Fuller of the Middle District of Alabama denied the plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction on November 12, 2010. In the discovery process that followed, it was revealed that the Plaintiff's eligibility for Medicaid waiver services was in doubt. After additional discovery, the plaintiff agreed to dismiss the case in April 2012 because of these issues.
Beth Kurtz - 11/09/2012
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Benefit Source
Medicaid
Disability
disability, unspecified
Integrated setting
Least restrictive environment
Mobility impairment
Discrimination-basis
Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)
General
Classification / placement
Deinstitutionalization/decarceration
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Causes of Action
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Alabama Medicaid Agency
Plaintiff Description
Plaintiff is a tetraplegic individual who is currently living in an institution. He seeks to live in the community and alleges that the state's unwillingness to provide him with community-based services violates the ADA.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations
NDRN/Protection & Advocacy Organizations
Steve Gold
Class action status sought
No
Class action status granted
No
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer
Yes
Nature of Relief
None
Source of Relief
None
Form of Settlement
Voluntary Dismissal
Filed
08/12/2010
Case Closing Year
2012
Case Ongoing
No
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Court
Docket(s)
M.D. Ala.
04/30/2012
2:10-cv-688-MEF-TFM
PB-AL-0003-9000.pdf
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Detail
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General Documents
M.D. Ala.
09/29/2010
Amended Complaint [ECF# 14]
PB-AL-0003-0001.pdf
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M.D. Ala.
09/29/2010
Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint for Preliminary Injuction and Expedited Hearing [ECF# 15]
PB-AL-0003-0002.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
M.D. Ala.
09/29/2010
Plaintiffs' Amended Memorandum of Law in Support of His Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Expedited Hearing [ECF# 16]
PB-AL-0003-0003.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
M.D. Ala.
10/07/2010
Commissioner Steckel’s Opposition to Plaintiff’s Amended Motion for Preliminary Injuction (Doc. 15) [ECF# 20]
PB-AL-0003-0004.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
M.D. Ala.
10/12/2010
Statement of Interest of the United States of America [ECF# 25]
PB-AL-0003-0005.pdf
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Detail
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M.D. Ala.
10/13/2010
Answer to Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint (Doc. 14) [ECF# 27]
PB-AL-0003-0006.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
M.D. Ala.
11/12/2010
Memorandum Opinon and Order [ECF# 33]
(753 F.Supp.2d 1163)
PB-AL-0003-0007.pdf
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LEXIS
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
M.D. Ala.
04/01/2011
Joint Motion to Stay Litigation [ECF# 50]
PB-AL-0003-0008.pdf
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M.D. Ala.
04/22/2011
Order [ECF# 55]
PB-AL-0003-0009.pdf
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Detail
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M.D. Ala.
04/30/2012
Plaintiffs' Motion to Dismiss this Action Voluntarily and Without Prejudice [ECF# 69]
PB-AL-0003-0010.pdf
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Detail
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M.D. Ala.
04/30/2012
Order [ECF# 70]
PB-AL-0003-0011.pdf
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People
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Judges
Fuller, Mark E.
(M.D. Ala.)
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PB-AL-0003-0007 | PB-AL-0003-0009 | PB-AL-0003-0011
Plaintiff's Lawyers
Bagenstos, Samuel R.
(District of Columbia)
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PB-AL-0003-0005
Barkoff, Alison
(District of Columbia)
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PB-AL-0003-0005
Breen, Philip L.
(District of Columbia)
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PB-AL-0003-0005
Gold, Stephen F.
(Pennsylvania)
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Hackney, James Patrick
(Alabama)
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PB-AL-0003-0008 | PB-AL-0003-0010 | PB-AL-0003-9000
Perez, Thomas E.
(District of Columbia)
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PB-AL-0003-0005
Raish, Anne
(District of Columbia)
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PB-AL-0003-0005
Tucker, James A.
(Alabama)
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Williams, Lonnie Jason
(Alabama)
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Wodatch, John L.
(District of Columbia)
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Wohlenhaus, Renee M.
(District of Columbia)
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PB-AL-0003-0005
Defendant's Lawyers
Azar, Stephanie McGee
(Alabama)
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PB-AL-0003-9000
Davis, James William
(Alabama)
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Fairbanks, Misty S
(Alabama)
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Fleming, Margaret L.
(Alabama)
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Parker, William G. Jr.
(Alabama)
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