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    • David Oster, Willie Beatrice Sheppard, C.R. by and through his guardian ad litem M.R., Dottie Jones, Andrea Hylton, Helen Polly Stern, Charles Thurman, and L.C. by and through her guardian ad litem M.G., on behalf of themselves and a class of those similarly situated; Service Employees International Union - United Health Care Workers West, SEIU - U

    Dec. 29, 2011
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    David Oster, Willie Beatrice Sheppard, C.R. by and through his guardian ad litem M.R., Dottie Jones, Andrea Hylton, Helen Polly Stern, Charles Thurman, and L.C. by and through her guardian ad litem M.G., on behalf of themselves and a class of those similarly situated; Service Employees International Union - United Health Care Workers West, SEIU - U

    Published: Dec. 29, 2011 | Result Date: Nov. 30, 2011 |
    Case number: 4:2009-cv-04668 Bench Decision –  TRO Granted

    Court

    USDC Northern


    Attorneys

    Plaintiff

    Peder J. Thoreen
    (Altshuler Berzon LLP)

    Shawna L. Parks
    (Law Office of Shawna L. Parks)

    Dara L. Schur

    Anna M. Rich
    (California Department of Justice)

    Eve H. Cervantez
    (Altshuler Berzon LLP)

    Stephen P. Berzon

    Stacey M. Leyton
    (Altshuler Berzon LLP)

    Paula Perlman

    Melinda R. Bird
    (Disability Rights California)

    Sujatha Jagadeesh Branch

    Abigail K. Coursolle

    Jane Perkins

    Rachel J. Zwillinger

    Charles Wolfinger Jr.

    Marilyn L. Holle


    Defendant

    Susan M. Carson
    (Office of the Attorney General)

    Gregory D. Brown
    (Burnham Brown APLC)

    Nimrod P. Elias

    Michael A. Zwibelman


    Facts

    The State of California initiated a 20 percent cut to the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program to be enacted Jan. 1, 2012 if state revenues didn't meet projected earnings.

    Contentions

    PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:

    Result

    The court issued a temporary restraining order preventing the state from implementing the cut and preventing the state from issuing notices of action about the cuts.


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