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BRINKMAN v. RAHM

No. 87-4074.

878 F.2d 263 (1989)

Richard BRINKMAN, and other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Karen RAHM, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Washington Department of Social and Health Services; Lyle Quasim, in his official capacity as Director of Division of Mental Health; Darrell Hamilton, M.D., in his official capacity as Superintendent of Western State Hospital; Harold Robb, in his official capacity as Superintendent of Eastern State Hospital; Patricia Quesnel, in her official capacity as Chief of the Office of Financial Recovery; and their successors, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Barrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellants.

Michael J. Mirra, Evergreen Legal Services, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SCHROEDER, ALARCON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the district court's decision that the Social Security Act preempts the state of Washington's procedures for seeking reimbursement from patients involuntarily committed to state hospitals. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs-appellees are a class of patients involuntarily committed to Washington state mental hospitals. The class is defined as those patients who receive Social Security Old Age Survivor's and Disability...

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