SOAVE v. MILLIKEN

No. G80-444 CA1.

497 F.Supp. 254 (1980)

Carl A. SOAVE, Plaintiff, and Shirley Hoag, Susan Deurloo, Dennis J. Kelley, Lois Ritchie and Kerry M. Young, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. William MILLIKEN, Governor of the State of Michigan, Individually and in his official capacity, and John T. Dempsey, Director of the Michigan Department of Social Services, Individually and in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

July 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk S. Hazen, Hazen, Meeks & Schultze, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff Carl Soave.

Gary N. Gershon, Legal Aid of Western Mich., Grand Rapids, Mich., for intervening plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., by Robert N. Rosenberg, Lansing, Mich., for defendants.


OPINION

DOUGLAS W. HILLMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Carl A. Soave, a recipient of general assistance from the Michigan Department of Social Services, brings this suit challenging the State's termination of his general assistance shelter allowance and the denial of a hearing in effecting that termination. He seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages. This action is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of the...

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