BRIGGS v. BREMBY

No. 14-1328-CV.

792 F.3d 239 (2015)

James BRIGGS, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roderick BREMBY, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Department of Social Services, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Cohan , National Center for Law and Economic Justice, New York, N.Y. ( Mary R. Mannix and Greg Bass , National Center for Economic Justice, and Giovanna Shay , Lucy Potter , and Cecil Thomas , Greater Hartford Legal Aid, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Hugh Barber , Assistant Attorney General ( Rosemary M. McGovern , Assistant Attorney General, on the brief), for George Jepsen , Attorney General of Connecticut, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CALABRESI, HALL, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff James Briggs brings this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Social Services ("DSS") to enforce the Food Stamp Act's time limits for awarding food stamp benefits. 7 U.S.C. § 2020(e)(3) and (9) provide that participating states...

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