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THOMPSON v. FREEMAN

No. 80-1594.

648 F.2d 1144 (1981)

Mabel L. THOMPSON, Vennestine Groves, Shirley R. Grimmett, Deborah Gittens, Linda Denise Price, Birder Gray, Appellees, Linda J. Hicks, Patsy J. Eason, Linda S. Redhage and Suellen Marie Smith, Appellees, v. David R. FREEMAN, Director of the Missouri Department of Social Services, John Zumwalt, Director of the Division of Family Services and J. Joseph Lewis, Director of the Jackson County Welfare Office, Appellees, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Chase, Nancy J. Molland, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Ronald S. Reed, Jr., U. S. Atty., Judith M. Strong, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., Randolph W. Gaines, Richard Wills Hubbard, Attys., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Paul T. Keller, Dept. of Social Services, Jefferson City, Mo., for defendants-appellees.

Before BRIGHT, HENLEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) appeals from a permanent injunction directing the Missouri Department of Social Services to process applications to the state for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) within forty-five days, as required by 45 C.F.R. § 206.10(a)(3)(i) (1980), and ordering the Secretary to respond within fifteen days to any applicant who complains of future instances of delay by the state agency....

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