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Case Name	Gresham v. Azar	PB-DC-0009
Docket / Court	1:18-cv-01900-JEB ( D.D.C. )
State/Territory	District of Columbia
Case Type(s)	Public Benefits / Government Services
Special Collection	Take Care
Attorney Organization	Legal Services/Legal Aid Southern Poverty Law Center
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Benefit Source

Medicaid

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

General

Public benefits (includes, e.g., in-state tuition, govt. jobs)

Plaintiff Type

Non-profit NON-religious organization

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Title XIX of the Social Security (Medicaid) Act, 42 U.S.C §1396

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Human Health Services
Plaintiff Description	3 residents of Arkansas registered in the Medicaid Program
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Legal Services/Legal Aid Southern Poverty Law Center
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Declaratory Judgment Vacated the Secretary’s approval of the Arkansas Works Amendments
Source of Relief	Litigation
Filing Year	2018
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


	SPLC sues Trump administration for approving Arkansas Medicaid work requirement https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/08/14/splc-sues-trump-administration-approving-arkansas-medicaid-work-requirement Date: Aug. 14, 2018 By: Southern Poverty Law Center [ Detail ]

Documents

Docket(s)

18-1900 (D.D.C.)
PB-DC-0009-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/04/2019
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1] PB-DC-0009-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/14/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 26] PB-DC-0009-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/05/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion [ECF# 58] (2019 WL 1375241) (D.D.C.) PB-DC-0009-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 03/27/2019 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Boasberg, James Emanuel (D.D.C., FISC) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-0003 \| PB-DC-0009-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bronni, Nicholas Jacob (Arkansas) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 Brooke, Samuel (Alabama) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-0001 De Liban, Kevin (Arkansas) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-0001 Gershengorn, Ian Heath (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 Jacobs, Dylan L (Arkansas) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 Lam, Natacha Y. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 McKee, Catherine A. (North Carolina) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-0002 \| PB-DC-0009-9000 Perkins, Jane (North Carolina) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-0001 \| PB-DC-0009-9000 Perrelli, Thomas J. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Andrapalliyal, Vinita (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 Burnham, James M (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 Skurnik, Matthew (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000
Other Lawyers	Escoriaza, Phillip A. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 Frisina, Christopher J (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 Higgins, Matthew J (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000 Waters, Edward T. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-DC-0009-9000