MONT v. HEINTZ

No. 975, Docket 88-7016.

849 F.2d 704 (1988)

Cynthia MONT, on her own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and Judy-Ann Church, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stephen HEINTZ, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance, in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Gibau, New Haven, Conn. (New Haven Legal Assistance Ass'n, Inc., Shelley White, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hugh Barber, Hartford, Conn., Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State of Conn. (Joseph I. Lieberman, Atty. Gen. for the State of Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, MESKILL and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Ellen Bree Burns, J., dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction appellants' claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance. Appellants claim that the Commissioner has violated federal law, specifically, 42 U.S.C. § 602(a)(17), by failing to use the state's true standard...

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