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ELLIS BY ELLIS v. PATTERSON

No. 88-2213.

859 F.2d 52 (1988)

Brandy ELLIS, a minor, by her next friend, Barbara ELLIS, Appellants, v. Walt PATTERSON, in his official capacity as Director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and the Arkansas Department of Human Services, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn Rauch, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

Debby Nye, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Brandy Ellis brought this suit in order to get a determination that the Arkansas Medicaid plan must pay for her liver transplant. The District Court1 denied her relief, holding that Congress left to the states the choice of whether to include organ transplants in their Medicaid plans.2 We affirm the District Court on this issue; the State of Arkansas is not required to fund organ transplants...

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