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Bell v. Leavitt
No. 06 C 3520 (N.D. Ill. May 7, 2007); Clearinghouse Number: 56034
Description
Parties Voluntarily Dismiss Class Action Challenging Citizen Documentation Requirements for Medicaid
Abstract
Due to developments around the country, plaintiffs have moved to voluntarily dismiss this class action lawsuit challenging citizen documentation requirements in Medicaid. The suit challenged the legality of provisions in the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act and HHS implementing regulations that required Medicaid applicants and recipients who claim to be United States citizens to prove their citizenship with passports, birth certificates, and other special documents. Immediately after the case was filed, defendant Secretary of HHS exempted SSI and Medicare beneficiaries from the documentation requirement, a change that exempted approximately eight million disabled and elderly people. Subsequently, Congress corrected defendants' misinterpretation of the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act and expressed its intent that 500,000 foster children and children receiving adoption assistance be exempt from the citizenship documentation requirement. Concluding that the potential for further progress in a nationwide class action is limited, plaintiffs decided to dismiss the case voluntarily and to clear the way for activity on the state level, including possible litigation.
Additional Information
Files
- First Amended Complaint
- Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
- Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for Class Certification
- Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for Class Certification
- Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
- Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
- Notice of Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint
- Opposition to Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for Class Certification
- Reply memorandum in support of plaintiffs' amended motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction
- Memorandum Opinion and Order
- Memorandum in support of plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration of dismissal of claims of Class A and denial of motions as to Class A
- Plaintiffs' memorandum demonstrating irreparable harm in support of motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of Class C
- Plaintiffs' memorandum demonstrating irreparable harm in support of motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of Class C - Exhibit A
- Plaintiffs' memorandum demonstrating irreparable harm in support of motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of Class C - Exhibit B
- Plaintiffs' memorandum demonstrating irreparable harm in support of motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of Class C - Exhibit C
- Plaintiffs' memorandum demonstrating irreparable harm in support of motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of Class C - Exhibit D
- Memorandum of law in support of defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff A.L.'s remaining APA claim
- Notification of docket entry
- Memorandum of law in opposition to plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration
- Memorandum of law in opposition to plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction
- Reply memorandum in support of plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration
- Report and Recommendation
- Memorandum opinion and order
- Agreed motion for voluntary dismissal
- Agreed order of dismissal
- Minute Entry
- Notice of motion
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