PINNEKE v. PREISSER

No. 79-1551.

623 F.2d 546 (1980)

Verna PINNEKE, Appellee, v. Victor PREISSER, Commissioner of Iowa Department of Social Services, and Monica Murray, Director of the Cerro Gordo County Department of Social Services, Individually and in their Official Capacities, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Robinson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Des Moines, Iowa (argued), Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, on brief, for appellant.

Dennis L. Groenenboom, Legal Services Corporation of Iowa, Mason City, Iowa, for appellee.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants are state and local officials in charge of administering the State of Iowa's Medicaid program. They appeal from the District Court's1 order requiring them to reimburse Appellee-Plaintiff Pinneke $3,024.52 for her expenses incurred for sex reassignment surgery and awarding her $500 as compensation for mental anguish and suffering resulting from the wrongful denial of benefits, together with...

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