BRIGGS v. SULLIVAN

No. 89-15515.

886 F.2d 1132 (1989)

Charles BRIGGS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis L. Child, Legal Services of Northern California, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edmund F. Brennan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before TANG, REINHARDT and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Charles Briggs suffers from a disabling mental impairment, a condition which renders him eligible to receive disability payments from the federal government. Because of the nature of his impairment, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, appellee Louis Sullivan ("the Secretary"), has decided that his federal benefits payments should be paid to a representative, who would act essentially as a trustee for Briggs, paying his basic expenses...

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